English

Alternative forms

• Fannie

Proper noun

Fanny

1. A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.
   • 1883, Wilkie Collins, Heart and Science, Chatto and Windus, page 227:

     "My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!"

Translations

Derived terms

• my aunt Fanny

Danish

Proper noun

Fanny

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fani/

Proper noun

Fanny

1. A female given name borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.

German

Proper noun

Fanny

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun

Fanny

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

English

Noun

fanny ‎(plural fannies)

1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) The female genitalia.

   Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.

2. (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!

3. (Britain, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.

   get some fanny tonight

4. (Britain, vulgar) A woman, or women generally, as a sexual object(s).

   This club is full of fanny.

Synonyms

• (**** or ****): bearded clam, beaver, box, bush, clunge, cooch, coochie, ****, flange, front bottom, front bum, gash, kebab, lips, minge, muff, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, twat, vertical smile; see also Wikisaurus:**** and Wikisaurus:****
• (buttocks): arse, ass, booty, bum, butt, hiney, tush, tushie; see also Wikisaurus:buttocks

Related terms

• fanny bag
• fanny pack
• fanny fart

Translations

References

1. ↑ 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)

1. (Britain, naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot.

See also

• Fanny Adams

References

• “fanny” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

1. ↑ Royal Navy: Surnames page (Adams - Cooper)