a racist term for people of white color. It is used as an insult. This word is forbidden on television and on all other forms of entertainment. This word has not been heard since the 1990's. The origin of this word is from a white boy eating butter from a tree and he just wouldn't leave the tree. He was a racist calling people who walked by a term of their color
Someone who is lazy, frumpy, unmotivated, and apathetic. A Buttertub never questions logic or consequence, and simply indulges on every gluttonous activity that gets in his/her way. Any activity or desire is usually resolved with the quickest, laziest and most unhealthy solution.
The origin of "buttertub" comes from the road "Buttertubs Drive" in Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
John: "Bitch, that's the 4th Big Mac/Slurpee combo you've had today, and why didn't you go to work?"
Jill "I dunno, shut up, I'm watching my show... Can you carry me to the toilet, I'm too lazy and i gotta take a dump."
John: "God damn, how did I get married to such a buttertub."
Whenever butter is used as lubricant. Most likely comes from the film, "Last Tango In Paris," where two characters are having anal sex, and the man uses butter as lubricant.
~Man 1~ Man, I ran out of vaseline last night, so me and Sandy just used butterlube.