fanny

name

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!"”

   “"I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.”

noun

1. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, countable, uncountable, vulgar)The female genitalia.

   “Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.”

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.”

   “Get off your fanny and get back to work!”

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.”

5. (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.”