Expression meaning that some objective, typically one of personal resolve, has already been failed, and thus that continuing to attempt self-restraint is pointless. Comes from the Butterfly Project, where you draw butterflies on your arm when you want to cut, and if you cut before the butterfly fades, it dies.
"Yeah, I'm trying to quit drinking, but I mixed vodka in with my tea this morning, so the butterfly is dead."
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Beautiful, unique, and strong individuals that offer support and strength to each other in order to help one another lead fulfilling, wonderful lives. Butterflies are all over the world and in the unlikeliest of places, but if you ever get the opportunity to meet one, you are most likely the luckiest person in the universe.
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Get the Butterflies mug.The male form of Butterface. A butterface is a girl on which everything looks nice "but her face (butterface)". Because no clever play on words exists for males fitting this criteria, a boy with a nice body, but unfortunate face, is referred to as a butterface boy. Cute huh?
Jane is a complete butterface. She has such a nice body, but her face is tragic. But seriously, you should see her boyfriend- He's built like an abercrombie model, but his face looks like he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch. He's a butterface boy.
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Get the the butterfly effect mug.Oh Look, A Butterfly Syndrome, or OLABS. It means that you have an extremely short span of attention, and frequently break off in mid-sentence to say something random.
B: "I Can't believe you're moving!"
C: "Yeah, we're moving to Prineville this... Oh hi Bob!"
B: "You totally have, Oh Look, A Butterfly Syndrome."
C: "Yeah, we're moving to Prineville this... Oh hi Bob!"
B: "You totally have, Oh Look, A Butterfly Syndrome."
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