different between quim vs fann

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

quim (plural quims)

1. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.
   • 1879, Anonymous, "The Wanton Lass" in The Pearl No. 1:

     For one day, when amusing herself with this whim

     The carrot it snapped, and part stuck in her quim.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 938:

     Ho! What do I here behold? Were you brushing the cobwebs off a few quims?
2. (vulgar, derogatory) A derogatory term (see cunt).
   • 2012, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston as "Loki":

     (to Black Widow)...In every way, [ Clint Barton ] knows your fear! And then he'll wake...to see his good work...When he screams, I'll split his skull! This is my bargain, you mewling quim!

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots queem. Compare English queem.

Adjective

quim

1. (Ulster) Affectedly nice, prim.
2. (Ulster) Moving with ease and precision.

See also

• queem

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fan/, [f?n]

Verb

fann

1. second-person singular imperative of fannen

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fennaid (“to flay, skin”).

Verb

fann (verbal noun fanney, past participle fant)

1. to skin, scalp, flay, slash
2. to soak
3. to fleece
4. to dress down
5. to bite (of wind)

Derived terms

• fanneyder

Mutation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fann

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of finne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fann

1. past tense of finne

Old English

Alternative forms

• fan, fon

Etymology

From Latin vannus.

Noun

fann f

1. fan (implement for winnowing grain)

Declension

Derived terms

• fannian (“to winnow corn”)

Descendants

• Middle English: fan
  • English: fan

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “fann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Verb

fann

1. past tense of finna.