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fanny en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar) The female genitalia.
    • Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.
  2. (Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable) The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
    • Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.
    • Get off your fanny and get back to work!
  3. (UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
    • get some fanny tonight
  4. (UK, uncountable, vulgar) Women, regarded as sex objects.
    • This club is full of fanny.

Forms

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Deriveds

fanny pack · fanny fart · fanny pad · fanny bag · fanny around · fanny batter · fanny flaps · granny's fanny · fanny magnet · fanny dipper · fanny merchant · fanny about · fanny rat

Synonyms

vertical smile · flange · quim · tushie · keester · coochie · slit · lips · hiney · gash · bush · pussy · the pink · bum · cooch · minge · muff · beef curtains · butt · hairy banjo · ass · beaver · box · booty · arse (buttocks) · cock socket · twat · bearded clam (vulva or vagina) · clunge · cooter · front bum · flaps · ham wallet · cunt · whisker biscuit · front bottom · wizard's sleeve · tush · snatch

fanny en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

The British naval slang sense derives from Fanny Adams. Tins of mutton introduced as rations were not liked by the sailors and were taken by them to contain the butchered remains of Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with.

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot.
    • I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning. 2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival, page 24:

Forms

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Relateds

Fanny Adams