fanny n.1
1. (UK only) the vagina.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | View of London & Westminster (2nd part) 35/1: [in list of prostitutes] Miss Fanny Fire, from Exeter-Exchange [Is Visited] By Sir Francis Fumble, Bar[onet] . | |
| ‘Horace’s Integer Vitae applied to the Rakes of Drury’ in Potent Ally 27: The Man, Dear Friend, who wears a C—m, [...] He fears no Danger from the Doxies, Laughs at their F*****, and scorns their Poxes . | |
| ‘Lucy & Her Little Fanny’ in Randy Songster in Spedding & Watt (eds) I 191: Say she my Fanny’s very small, / [...] /It hasn’t got a tail at all, / And it’s got a curly coat too. | |
| ‘Luscious Fifteen’ Knowing Chaunter 40: So one day she inspected the sweet little part, / Where she found some soft hair had begun there to sprout, / Which tickled her sweet little Fanny about. | |
| Cythera’s Hymnal 16: Sarey, and Martha and Mary / Sat comparing their fannies for hours. | |
| ‘Sub-Umbra, or Sport among the She-Noodles’ Pearl 3 Sept. 2: She playfully pulled up their chemises, exclaiming: ‘You shan’t look at my fanny for nothing.’. | |
| My Secret Life (1966) II 274: ‘So my fanny’s small?’ she asked several times. | |
| Forbidden Fruit 19: His great big engine bursting into me and stretching poor Fanny till she was all torn and bleeding. | |
| Nocturnal Meeting 49: He tickled my fanny. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Limerick (1953) 204: A buck for a fuck, / Fifty cents for a suck, / And a dime for a feel of her fanny. | |
| Love Me Sailor 138: ‘’E says she’s a bit cracked...and The Duke reckons ’er religion ’as got side tracked and made a blow lamp of ’er fanny....’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| ‘Salome’ in Bawdy Ballads LX: She’s a great big cow, twice the size o’ me / Hairs on her fanny like branches of a tree. | |
| in Erotic Muse (1992) 151: She said, ‘I won’t break Stackolee’s luck.’ / She shook her fanny for a dime, / Making bail for Stackolee. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Down All the Days 134: Yeah – that her bloody fanny’s bald as an egg! | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | in Shocking Shocking Shocking (1974) 41: I’m Popeye the sailor man, I come from the isle of Japan, I live with my granny and tickle her fanny, I’m Popeye the sailor man [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Q&A 110: If I find out you went to Dirty Dick’s, I’ll cut your fanny again. | |
| (con. 1959) Up the Cross 29: A grin on his fizz the size of a Cairo hooker’s fanny. | |
| He Died with His Eyes Open 182: Don’t touch anything under there [...] Not even your fanny. | |
| Van (1998) 588: The only one dancing was a little daisy jumping around like her fanny was itching. | |
| Mud Crab Boogie (2013) [ebook] [A]rriving at a photo shoot the next day with a neck full of love bites, a sore fanny and her eyes hanging out of her head. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Filth 96: Bet you’ve got hairs on your fanny like the branches of a tree. | |
| Sopranos 191: A jellyfish sting, right in her fanny. | |
| Grits 464: ‘Cunt’ is a harsh, brutal werd. Wharrif someone referred ter you as a cunt [...] As if that’s all yerrah, nuthin el’, juster fanny like. | |
| Rosa Marie’s Baby (2013) [ebook] ‘That’s a Brazilian [...] a waxed fanny’. | |
| Beyond Black 157: With Morris around I really need some sort of fanny guard. | |
| Thrill City [ebook] ‘The one screaming bloody murder about her caesarean and her fanny?’ the nurse said. | |
| Pigeon English 163: He says he’s seen the boobs of every girl in Year 7 [...] Fannies as well. | |
| Blood Miracles : ‘[N]o woman is that nice. Unless she has a second fanny’. | |
| February’s Son 108: ‘[S]he wouldn’t know grief if it crawled under her dress and shouted in her fanny’. |
2. (US, also fannie) an old(er) woman.
| ‘The New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser’ in Ade’s Fables 43: The Target was a dry-seasoned Fannie old enough to be his Godmother. |
3. (US, also fannie, fannyolo) the buttocks; thus fanny-shaker, a bellydancer.
 | 12th US Infantry 73: They made us all get in a circle and stoop over while a guy ran round and hit us on the — never mind where — with a strap — I believe they call the game ‘Bat the Fanny’ and they sure did bat me [HDAS]. | |
| letter 20 Mar. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 64: The temptation of course is to tell him to take his whole damned family and jam them as far as they will go up some elephant’s fanny. | |
| Manhattan Transfer 273: They can take all their Sam Browne belts and hang them on the Commanding General’s fanny for all I care. | |
| Green Ice (1988) 82: Look out that gun doesn’t go off in the folds of your dress and send a bullet through your fanny. | |
| Great Magoo 166: That fanny-shaker got him down. | |
| They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? in Four Novels (1983) 47: The only time we need you you’re sitting on your fanny. | |
| ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 If he gets knocked on his fannyolo, the Old Man can hoist him up. | |
| G.I. Laughs 204: After riding for three days in the back of a truck, my fanny is completely ribbed. | |
| Christmas Tree in N.Y. Mosaic (1999) 273: He loved it dearly: ‘Who slapped Annie on the fannie with a flounder?’. | |
| Tomboy (1952) 56: My fannie is like a red-hot stove. I won’t be able to sit down for a week. | |
| Ginger Man (1958) 71: She wants her life sitting on her fanny in India, whipping the natives. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Gun in My Hand 133: Nothing to do but sit on our fannies in the wine bars jacking up a signorina for the night. | |
| Pairs & Loners 111: ‘If she wishes to look the reverse of decorous that’s her business. It don’t entitle you to go round smacking strange fannies’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Algiers Motel Incident 333: Let them start kicking those young kids in the fanny. | |
![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies") | ‘Wet Dream’ 🎵 Give the crumpet to Big Foot Joe, leave the fanny to me. | |
| Cunning Linguist (1973) 56: They wet their red lips and waggled their structurally perfect fannies at almost every opportunity. | |
| Nullarbor Story 12: ‘When I go east, I rest my fanny in an easy-chair—twelve thousand feet up’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | Go-Boy! 140: The guards [...] will sometimes pat one on the fanny for a laugh. | |
| Muscle for the Wing 119: ‘No, sir,’ she said and patted her haunches, ‘this little fanny is harder’n married life.’. | |
| Homeboy 115: She shot her hip, plucked a kiss from her lips and planted it on her fanny. | |
| DAUS 81/1: Fanny, arse, is occasionally heard in Britain and Australia but in contexts that do not allow ambiguity (e.g., sit on one’s fanny, park one’s fanny in a chair, fall on one’s fanny, and the oath my fanny!). | |
| Guardian G2 24 June 22: She liked the way it fitted over the fanny. | |
| Grits 463: The girls’re tawkin abaht [...] words faw ‘fanny’, it sounds like: — In America it means bum, apparentlih. | |
![[SA]](/static/img/flags/sa.png "South Africa") | Sun. Times (S. Afr.) 6 Jan. 9: All I need is to take care of the essentials – face, fanny and feet, which is why I will bring along wet wipes . |
4. (US) one’s self.
| (con. c.1912) Adventures of a Scholar Tramp 114: If you don’t fly your flannies [sic] out o’ town pretty quick [...] I’ll throw you all in the jug. | |
| Seeds of Man (1995) 278: Le’s jump up an’ scoot our fannies outta here. | |
| Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA) 16 May 8/3: ‘I got an extension [on a USAF enlistment] [...] but there is some talk about hauling my fanny out of here’. | |
| Thud Ridge 76: We managed to haul our fannies out of there. | |
| Dress Gray (1979) 241: You’ve got exactly five minutes to get your fannies up to your rooms and into full dress. | |
| Jrnl Herald (Dayton, OH) 10 June 3/3: ‘I just go over there and say, “Hey, get your clothes on and get your fannies out of here”’. | |
| Palm Beach Post (FL) 21 Feb. 15/1: The staff couldn’t go to a senior vice-president [...] and say get your fanny out of here’. | |
| Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) 18 May 9/2: ‘Get your fannies out here! she urged, smiling. |
5. women, considered simply as sex objects.
| ‘A Smart Cunt’ Acid House 283: The City Café [...] was full of fanny and I hadn’t had a shag in five months. | |
| Guardian G2 9 July 22: There’s a busload of fanny turning up. | |
| Naming of the Dead (2007) 374: ‘Fanny alert.’ Four pairs of eyes looked up at Siobhan. | |
| (con. 1980s) Skagboys 52: We snobby fanny [...] ah mind her fae school. |
6. a fool, an idiot, a general term of abuse.
| A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away 5: An absolute fanny. Risking his life in an attempt to overtake before the crawler lane ends. | |
| Apples (2023) 149: [T]here was no place in Boro for a brittle litle fanny. | |
| Hard Man 194: Thinking about plants, now. Like a useless fanny. | |
| Ringer [ebook] n.p.: ‘Sorry big man, no offence or that, eh?’ I give them a nod; wee fannies just need told who’s boss. | |
| Facebook 15 July 🌐 Sat down at the bar, started eggin on my mate, I called him a fanny cause he said its gettin late. |
In compounds
the vagina.
| Sl. and Its Analogues. |
vaginal secretions.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: fanny batter n. Crusty residue found on a hairy pie (qv). | |
| Bodies 213: Substance K is a chemical present in breast milk or fanny batter or something. | |
| Guardian CiF 29 July 🌐 Erotic pancakes?! Does he make them from fanny batter? | |
| Mauve Flush n.p.: Danni Fanny-Batter of 'Chlamydia Weekly', / Looked stunning in a tight pair of jeans. |
(Scot.) a weakling, an effeminate man.
| Ringer [ebook] I know for sure and certain this wee fannybaws can count his rides on one hand. |
(US gay) a gay man employed in hotel, typically as a bellhop.
| Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 15: fanny bellhop, n. A homosexual employed in a hotel, usually as a bellhop. | |
| Queens’ Vernacular 79: fanny bellhop (early ‘50s) gay bellboy working in a hotel, who, when solicited, stretches his duties to serving as a prostitute to homosexual guests. |
the labia; thus fanny-flapped, a derog. epithet for a woman.
| Filth 16: Ya fuckin dirty fanny-flapped faced auld hoor! | |
| OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. 🌐 fanny flaps n. labia. |
a trilby.
| DSUE (8th edn) 379/1: since ca. 1930. |
(Scot.) a fool.
| Panopticon 7: There’s still buses, fanny-heads. |
cunnilingus.
| Dead Man’s Trousers [18]: [T]here are three keys tae being a good lover: fanny-licking, fanny-licking and fanny-licking. |
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a womaniser.
| Rosewell Incident (2011) 23: He was a ‘cultured left back’ (translation-he could play but was a bit of a fanny merchant). | |
| (con. 1980s) Skagboys 467: The hardest cunt might no always be the biggest fanny merchant; in fact, they very rarely are. |
a lesbian.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus 3 in Viz 98 Oct. 12: fanny-nosher n. A woman in comfortable shoes who takes the other bus to dine at the Y. A tennis fan (qv). |
a vibrator.
| Observer 29 Aug. 27: This nine-inch fanny-nudger is perfect for mothers. |
(US) a small pouch-like bag strapped around the wearer’s waist.
| SKI Feb. 53: Just the right size for carrying personal items is the ‘Fanny-Pac’ offered by Trans World Airlines. | |
| Outdoor Life May 32: For the backpacker, there are many new or improved packs [...] plus belt pockets, fanny packs, and dufflebags. | |
| Newsweek 5 Dec. 81: Her company put out [...] larger fanny packs that hold lunches or tennis shoes. [...] The concept started with skiers’ fanny flasks that evolved into belt packs for nonliquid essentials as the walking craze sent people into the streets. | |
| Sl. and Sociability 119: Fanny pack ‘pouch for valuables worn on a belt around the waist’. | |
| Guardian G2 27 Apr. 6: They’re fanny-packs. The behind is known as the fanny over there. | |
| Nature Girl 71: She wore a fanny pack on her waist. | |
| BBC News Mag. 20 July 🌐 Dare I even mention the fanny pack? | |
| NYRB 9 Mar. 🌐 A twiggy white kid in Dickies pants, wearing a bulging fanny pack. |
a sanitary pad.
| Born Free 32: I strip and stuff the gruesome big whale of a fanny pad down the toilet. | |
| Panopticon (2013) 73: Im’ glad I never had to ask him for a fanny-pad. |
(Aus.) a sanitary towel.
| DSUE (8th edn) 379/1: since ca. 1945. | |
| Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 42: FANNY RAG — An absorbent wrapping used to cover the vagina during menstrual period. | |
| review of Brown Cruel Britannia 🌐 As Arthur sleeps, Stanley is forced to watch Marie slit his throat from ear to ear, tear out his heart, and put a fanny rag in its place. | |
| posting at www.frothersunite.com 🌐 You foreigners fucking disgust me. I would rather suck on a used fanny rag. |
1. a pubic louse.
| (ref. to 1940s) Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 97: Crabs [...] were referred to by such synonyms as ‘fanny rats’, ‘minge mice’, ‘mobilized blackheads’ and ‘mechanized dandruff’. | |
| (con. WW2) Heart of Oak [ebook] There I was to learn all abou[...] fanny rats and chew bosuns and whose old lady was in the pudding club and peacetime runs ashore in Hands, Knees and Bumpsa-daisy. |
2. the penis.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: fanny rat n. 1. Penis. |
3. a promiscuous man.
| Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: fanny rat [...] 2. Sexually promiscuous male. |
4. a general term of abuse.
| Filth 140: That little fanny-rat Ocky has vanished off the face of the Earth. |
5. a womanizer.
| www.b3ta.com 2 Sept. 🌐 One of the lads, a known fanny-rat, scuttled off into the darkness to find the best-looking whore he could find. |
(US) a striptease artiste.
| 1 Mar. [synd. col.] June Havoc [...] was referred to as a ‘fanny-tosser’ by New York’s only lady drama Critic Miss Wilella Waldorf. |
In phrases
(US) to look after one’s own interests.
| (ed.) Nobody Cries for Me 129: Every junkie and every pusher’s scared of you [...] They know that you can use them tonight and rat to the cops tomorrow. Just to try to save your own fanny from hitting the tank. |
1. (orig. US) to hurry up.
| Gas-House McGinty 336: Come on, shake your fannies. |
2. to have sexual intercourse.
| the Devil rides outside 316: ‘I suspect she shakes her fanny for about anything she wants around here anyway’. | |
| in Erotic Muse (1992) 151: She said, ‘I won’t break Stackolee’s luck.’ / She shook her fanny for a dime, / Making bail for Stackolee. |
In exclamations
a general excl. of disdain, dismissal, arrogant contempt.
| There’s a Porpoise 87: ‘English humour my fanny,’ said Garstin. ‘It’s true, every word’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| At Swim-Two-Birds 247: No offence but that class of stuff is all my fanny. | |
| High Sierra in Four Novels (1984) 415: He was convicted, with recommendations for mercy ’cause he was a sick man. [...] Sick man, my fanny. | |
| Come in Spinner (1960) 20: Distinguished me fanny, Dalgety’s only a jumped-up bitch. | |
| From Here to Eternity (1998) 125: Official business, my old fanny. | |
| Ridge & River 200: ‘Atom bomb, my fanny’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Skyvers I ii: colman: ’E was best on the field last night. brook: Best on the field my sister’s fanny. | |
| Finders Keepers (2016) 95: Closemouthed Yankees, my Irish fanny! |