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Fanny¹

  • /ˈfæni/

Rhymes with -æni

proper noun Fannys · Fannie

  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!"

fanny²

  • /ˈfæni/

Rhymes with -æni

Where it comes from

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

noun fannies

  1. Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, countable The female genitalia. Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.

    Similar: bearded clam

  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.

    Similar: arse

  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.

Similar: beaver, beef curtains, box, bush, clunge, cock socket, cooch, coochie, cooter, cunt, flange, flaps, front bottom, front bum, gash, hairy banjo, ham wallet, lips, minge, muff, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, the pink, twat, vertical smile, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve, ass

fanny³

  • /ˈfæni/

Rhymes with -æni

Where it comes from

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.

noun fannies

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tooshie, rear, bum, buns, keister, butt, arse, tush, posterior, stern, backside, rump, prat, tail, can, fundament

noun

Similar: beaver, beef curtains, box, bush, clunge, cock socket, cooch, coochie, cooter, cunt, flange, flaps, front bottom, front bum, gash, hairy banjo, ham wallet, lips, minge, muff, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, the pink, twat, vertical smile, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve, ass

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name female given name

FrançaisFanny
DeutschFanny

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MLA

"fanny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fanny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

fanny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fanny

Chicago

"fanny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fanny.

BibTeX
@misc{fanny_2026,
  title = {fanny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}