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FANNY

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fan⋅ny

  [fan-ee]
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–noun, plural -nies. Informal.
the buttocks.
Origin:
1925–30; of obscure orig; relation, if any, to Brit. fanny “vulva” (vulgar) is unclear

Fan⋅nie

  [fan-ee]
–noun
a female given name, form of Frances.
Also, Fanny.
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fan·ny   (fān'ē)   
n.   pl. fan·nies Slang
The buttocks.

[Perhaps from Fanny, a nickname for Frances.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fanny

  1. n.
    the buttocks. (Euphemistic in the U.S. The term has taboo implications in the U.K.) : He fell down right on his fanny.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fanny 
"buttocks," 1920, Amer.Eng., from earlier British meaning "vulva" (1879), perhaps from the name of John Cleland's heroine in the scandalous novel "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" (1748). The fem. proper name is a dim. of Frances. The genital sense is still the primary one outside U.S., but is not current in Amer.Eng., which can have consequences when U.S. TV programs and movies air in Britain.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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