Words & TermsFood and drink
butt nugget
An egg, in playful slang.
In a sentence
She handed out fresh butt nuggets from the local hens.
Where it came from
A comic compound that represents an egg as a small nugget produced from a hen's rear; it is not demonstrably Australian in origin. ABC reporting independently used butt nugget for eggs in 2020, before the 2022 ANDC food appeal.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia; wider use possible
- Use today
- Current but uncommon