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[buht] / bʌt /








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Gossip has whipsawed through Penn State group chats and become the butt of comment-section jokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The robots might be the butt of the joke.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Michigan was the butt of jokes all week after a lucky break put a second on the clock and gave Underwood another chance to complete a game-winning pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Huffman’s characterization of Bree is three-dimensional and completely straight-faced, brimming with compassion and curiosity — and, really, so very funny, but without ever making Bree the butt of the joke.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“I make a lot of jokes, but you are never the butt of any of them. I wouldn’t make you the butt of a bad joke.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

According to Wyoming paleontologist and study coauthor Jessica Lippincott, they are commonly nicknamed "squid butts" in the region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Pomeranian munchkins in Munchkinland skitter around, sniffing wagging butts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

These included the Sarimukti Landfill in Bandung Regency, which torched dozens of hectares of land, and was suspected of having been caused by cigarette butts and a buildup of methane gas.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

I didn’t even tell the Kellies that the dirtiest thing I can think of is sitting on a chair that clogs all the time and wiping butts with dry toilet paper.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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