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{{also|Fanny|Fanný}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfæni/}}
* {{rhymes|en|æni|s=2}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-fanny.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 fanny.ogg|a=AU}}

===Etymology 1===
19th century. Ultimately from [[Fanny]], pet form of the name [[Frances]].<ref>Spedding, Patrick and Lambert, James (2011) ‘Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny and the Myth of Metonymy.’ ''Studies in Philology'', 108(1):108-132.</ref> Compare {{m|en|dick}}, {{m|en|John Thomas}}, {{m|en|mickey}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|British|Irish|Australia|NZ|South African|vulgar}} The female [[genitalia]]. {{defdate|from 1830s}}
#: {{ux|en|Her dress was so short you could nearly see her '''fanny'''.}}
# {{lb|en|North America|informal}} The [[buttock]]s; ''arguably the most nearly polite of several [[euphemism]]s''. <!-- Compare [[hiney]] or [[tush]]. --> {{defdate|from 1910s}}
#: {{ux|en|Children, sit down on your '''fannies''', and eat your lunch.}}
#: {{ux|en|Get off your '''fanny''' and get back to work!}}
# {{lb|en|UK|vulgar}} [[sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse]] with a [[woman]].
#: ''get some '''fanny''' tonight''
# {{lb|en|UK|vulgar|uncountable}} Women, regarded as sex objects.
#: {{ux|en|This club is full of '''fanny'''.}}

=====Usage notes=====
In North American usage, this is the mildest of euphemisms referring to the buttocks, suitable for use when speaking to small children. Elsewhere, it is a vulgar direct reference to female genitalia and sexuality.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|vulva or vagina}} {{l|en|bearded clam}}, {{l|en|beaver}}, {{l|en|beef curtains}},  {{l|en|box}}, {{l|en|bush}}, {{l|en|clunge}}, {{l|en|cock socket}}, {{l|en|cooch}}, {{l|en|coochie}}, {{l|en|cooter}}, {{l|en|cunt}}, {{l|en|flange}}, {{l|en|flaps}}, {{l|en|front bottom}}, {{l|en|front bum}}, {{l|en|gash}}, {{l|en|hairy banjo}}, {{l|en|ham wallet}}, {{l|en|lips}}, {{l|en|minge}}, {{l|en|muff}}, {{l|en|pussy}}, {{l|en|quim}}, {{l|en|slit}}, {{l|en|snatch}}, {{l|en|the pink}},  {{l|en|twat}}, {{l|en|vertical smile}}, {{l|en|whisker biscuit}}, {{l|en|wizard's sleeve}}; see also [[Thesaurus:vagina]] and [[Thesaurus:vulva]]
* {{sense|buttocks}} {{l|en|arse}}, {{l|en|ass}}, {{l|en|booty}}, {{l|en|bum}}, {{l|en|butt}}, {{l|en|hiney}}, {{l|en|keester}}, {{l|en|tush}}, {{l|en|tushie}}; see also [[Thesaurus:buttocks]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|fanny about
|fanny around
|fanny bag
|fanny batter
|fanny dipper
|fanny fart
|fanny flaps
|fanny magnet
|fanny pack
|fanny pad
|fanny merchant|fanny rat
|granny's fanny
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|vulva or vagina|pussy}}

{{trans-see|buttocks|ass|bum}}

{{trans-see|Sexual intercourse with a woman|pussy}}

=====References=====
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===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 [[w:Fanny Adams|Fanny Adams]] who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with. <ref>{{cite-web |title=Royal Navy: Surnames page (Adams - Cooper) |url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1254/changeNav/3533 |accessdate=13 July 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101195457/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1254/changeNav/3533 |archivedate=1 January 2008 }}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|UK|naval slang}} Mess [[kettle]] or cooking pot.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2005|author=Patrick Halliday|title=Survival|page=24
|passage=I put on a big '''fanny''' of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|Fanny Adams}}

===References===
* {{R:Canadian Oxford 2004}}
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{{C|en|Genitalia}}
{{cln|en|eponyms|euphemisms}}
{{C|en|Buttocks|Sex}}