FANNY

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Fanny

A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.

Etymology 1

Noun

fanny (countable and uncountable, plural fannies)

(British, Irish, Australia, NZ, South African, vulgar) The female genitalia. [from 1830s]

(North America, informal) The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. [from 1910s]

(UK, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.

(UK, vulgar, uncountable) Women viewed as sexual objects.

Synonyms

• (vulva or vagina): bearded clam, beaver, beddemann shoe, beef curtains, box, bush, clunge, cooch, coochie, cunt, flange, front bottom, front bum, gash, ham wallet, kebab, lips, minge, muff, pork pit, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, the pink, twat, vertical smile; see also vagina and vulva

• (buttocks): arse, ass, booty, bum, butt, hiney, keester, tush, tushie; see also buttocks

Etymology 2

Noun

fanny (plural fannies)

(UK, naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot.

Source: Wiktionary



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