fanny
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæni/
- Rhymes: -æni
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Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances.[1] Compare dick, John Thomas.
Noun
fanny (plural fannies)
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) The female genitalia.
- Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.
- (Canada, US, informal) 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!
- (Britain, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- get some fanny tonight
- (Britain, vulgar) A woman, or women generally, as a sexual object(s).
- This club is full of fanny.
Synonyms
- (vulva or vagina): bearded clam, beaver, box, bush, clunge, cooch, coochie, cunt, flange, front bottom, front bum, gash, kebab, lips, minge, muff, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, twat, vertical smile; see also Thesaurus:vagina and Thesaurus:vulva
- (buttocks): arse, ass, booty, bum, butt, hiney, tush, tushie; see also Thesaurus:buttocks
Related terms
- fanny bag
- fanny pack
- fanny fart
Translations
vulva or vagina — see pussy
Sexual intercourse with a woman — see pussy
References
- ↑ Spedding, Patrick and Lambert, James (2011) ‘Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny and the Myth of Metonymy.’ Studies in Philology, 108(1):108-132.
Etymology 2
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. [1]
Noun
fanny (plural fannies)
See also
References
- “fanny” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.
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