different between fanny vs fenny

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæni/
• Rhymes: -æni

Etymology 1

19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.

Noun

fanny (countable and uncountable, plural fannies)

1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) The female genitalia. [from 1830s]

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

2. (Canada, US, informal) The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. [from 1910s]

   Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.

   Get off your fanny and get back to work!

3. (Britain, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.

   get some fanny tonight

4. (Britain, vulgar, uncountable) Women viewed as sexual objects.

   This club is full of fanny.

Synonyms

• (vulva or vagina): bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, box, bush, clunge, cooch, coochie, cunt, flange, front bottom, front bum, gash, ham wallet, kebab, lips, minge, muff, pork pit, pussy, quim, slit, snatch, the pink, twat, vertical smile; see also Thesaurus:vagina and Thesaurus:vulva
• (buttocks): arse, ass, booty, bum, butt, hiney, keester, tush, tushie; see also Thesaurus:buttocks

Related terms

• fanny bag
• fanny pack
• fanny fart

Translations

References

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

Noun

fanny (plural fannies)

1. (Britain, naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot.
   • 2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival (page 24)

     I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.

See also

• Fanny Adams

References

• “fanny” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fenny, from Old English fenni?; equivalent to fen +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?f?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni

Adjective

fenny (comparative more fenny, superlative most fenny)

1. Characteristic of a fen; marshy, swampy.
2. (now only of plants) Living or growing in a fen.

Synonyms

• (characteristic of a fen): fennish, quaggy, uliginous; see also Thesaurus:marshy

Translations

Anagrams

• fynne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fenni

Etymology

From Old English fenni?; equivalent to fen +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?ni?/

Adjective

fenny (plural and weak singular fennye)

1. fenny, marshy; like a fen
2. (rare) rotten, tainted, sinful

Descendants

• English: fenny

References

• “fenn?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.