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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

noun Slang The buttocks.
noun Chiefly British Vulgar Slang The female genitals.

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noun UK, naval slang Mess kettle or cooking pot.
noun vulgar The female genitalia.
noun North America, informal The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
noun UK, vulgar Sex; similar to North American pussy

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps from Fanny, a nickname for Frances.]

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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 Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with.

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Stalwart individuals unshaken by the the narrow worldviews of others or the stigma surrounding the term fanny pack.

The Speculist: Better All The Time #22 2005
In her mind, the term fanny pack, "is just eww, so cheesy, so tacky, so horrible."

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011
In her mind, the term fanny pack, "is just eww, so cheesy, so tacky, so horrible."

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011
(please note that in Australia a fanny is the front one, not the back one).

zizi 2007
The boy who long ago kissed their bare shoulders, or the raspy-voiced best friend, bleating out hilarious comments about her puckered fanny from the next dressing room over at Eileen Fisher?

What Girls Want 2008
The boy who long ago kissed their bare shoulders, or the raspy-voiced best friend, bleating out hilarious comments about her puckered fanny from the next dressing room over at Eileen Fisher?

What Girls Want 2008
What you call a fanny pack obviously the start of a new fashion trend - the male bustle.

The Indignity of Summer: It's Always Dorkiest Before the Fall BikeSnobNYC 2010
'Oh Christ, you can't say 'fanny' - that sounds ridiculously childish, he'll just laugh at you.

Archive 2009-03-01 juliette 2009
'Oh Christ, you can't say 'fanny' - that sounds ridiculously childish, he'll just laugh at you.

Neurotica juliette 2009
In Australia the fanny is different to what a fanny is in the US).

Art News Blog Plans 2010

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treeseed commented on the word fanny

Fanny (Be Tender with My Love), 1976, Bee Gees

February 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fanny

Also an old Irish tune called "Fanny Power." No, really.

February 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fanny

Heehee.

February 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word fanny

"CUNT IS BEAUTIFUL. Suck it and see. If you're not so supple that you can suck your own fanny, put your finger gently in, withdraw and smell, and suck. There. How odd is it that the most expensive gourmet foods taste like cunt."
- 'Lady love your cunt', Germaine Greer in The Madwoman's Underclothes.

September 1, 2008
marky commented on the word fanny

Take a load off Fanny / Take a load for free / Take a load off Fanny / And (and) (and) you put the load right on ME.

October 23, 2010