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I 'll believe it when I see it 

used to say that you will not believe something until it happens.
He says he is going to decorate the family room, but I 'll believe it when I see it

i can't believe it's not butterface 

A girl who you think has an unattractive face until you finally see her up close and are pleasantly surprised....
"Joe dude I thought that chick was a fuckin ugly cunt, but she actually had a I can't believe it's not butterface."

I can't believe it's not but-her face. 

When a person has a killer hot body but person's face isn't even good enough to be a butter face.
Ed: She's got a serious body on her but she's got the worst case of but-her face I've ever seen

Dave: Dude, she's got an I can't believe it's not but-her face.

I can't believe it's not butter! 

A butter substitute made of vegetal oils and frequently used as a spread. Sometimes its name is used as a humorous/sarcastic reference to a sub-par substitute to something.
<Eats a piece of toast>
- Just a moment, is it butter?
- No, it is "I can't believe it's not butter!"
- Well, *I* can believe it is not butter.

I don't believe it! 

phrase (var. I do not believe it!)
an expression of utter disbelief at a truly unfathomable circumstance. Popularised by the grumpy old man Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) from the popular BBC television situation comedy series, One Foot in the Grave, written by David Renwick. Although "I don't believe it" is the catchphrase of the show, the first time Victor said it was in the last few minutes of "The Return of the Speckled Band" - the final episode of the first series. Profanities such as ‘bloody’ and the rather taboo ‘fucking’ are commonly inserted by the proletariat to create a heightened sense of shock but are rarely uttered by the more refined classes of middle England.
From the sitcom;
On discovering a lamppost had crashed through his bedroom window 'Victor Meldrew' exclaimed "I don't believe it!"

Colloquial use;
Dave: Look Barbara, malt loaf is on 'buy one get one free'
Barbara: I don't believe it!
I don't believe it! by Nicholas A. T November 10, 2008

I-can't-believe-it's-not-twitter 

Any one of the multitude of twitter-clones that pop up trying to make a quick buck as a networking site blatantly ripping-off twitter.
Person 1: Dude, sign up to twoggle! It will revolutionize the way you socialize! Haha, that rhymes hurrdurrdehurr...

Person 2: Man, how many times do have to tell you!? I don't partake in that I-can't-believe-it's-not-twitter faggotry no more.
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