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Fanny

//ˈfæni// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.

    ""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!""

Noun
  1. 1
    The female genitalia. Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, countable, uncountable, vulgar

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

  2. 2
    Mess kettle or cooking pot. UK, slang

    "I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning."

  3. 3
    external female sex organs wordnet
  4. 4
    The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable

    "Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch."

  5. 5
    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on wordnet
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  1. 6
    Sexual intercourse with a woman. UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar

    "get some fanny tonight"

  2. 7
    Women, regarded as sex objects. UK, uncountable, vulgar

    "This club is full of fanny."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

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.

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