| 词汇 | fanny |
| 释义 | fanny Theme: BUTTOCKS n. the buttocks. (Euphemistic in the U.S. The term has taboo implications in the U.K.)He fell down right on his fanny.There's dust or something on your fanny. fanny Ⅰ 1. noun 1 the vagina. A popular female name, possibly combined with the vulvic symbolism of a fan-light (a loosely triangular opening). It is worth noting that John Cleland's The Memoirs of Fanny Hill features a sexually active heroine; however its publication in 1749 is about a hundred years before 'fanny' came to be used in this sense UK, 1879. 2 a woman objectified sexually. From the previous sense UK, 1997. 3 the buttocks US, 1919. 4 a story, lies UK, 1933 2. verb to talk glibly, especially to talk until a crowd has gathered. Recorded in use among market traders UK, 1949 Ⅱ ⇨ Fanny Adams; sweet Fanny Adams; sweet Miss Adams; sweet FA; FA; fanny noun nothing at all. From the brutal and maniacal murder, on 24th August 1867, of 8-year-old Fanny Adams, at Alton in Hampshire. Parts of her body were found over several days in different parts of the rural countryside. Upset with the tinned mutton that they were being served, British sailors in 1869 began to refer to the tins as containing the butchered contents of 'Sweet Fanny Adams'. It evolved into a suggestion of 'fuck', or 'nothing', and has been used in that sense in the C20 UK, 1914 Ⅲ ⇨ fanny on; fanny verb to talk with the intention to persuade or deceive UK, 1949 fanny about1. To waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Primarily heard in UK. Would you quit fannying about and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been fannying about with my new video game console. 2. To wander around a place, especially in an aimless or idle manner. Primarily heard in UK. After I quit my job, I spent six months fannying about Paris. fanny around1. To waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Primarily heard in UK. Would you quit fannying around and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been fannying around with my new video game console. 2. To wander around a place, especially in an aimless or meandering manner. Primarily heard in UK. After I quit my job, I spent six months fannying around Paris. Fanny Adamsobsolete A ration of tinned mutton, as provided upon a naval ship. This macabre sobriquet was taken from the name of an eight-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in 1867, thus likening the quality of the meat rations to the remains of the young girl. I swear if I have to eat Fanny Adams one more time, I will throw myself overboard. sweet Fanny Adamsrude slang Nothing. The term is a euphemism, based on the initials of "Fanny Adams" ("FA"), for "fuck all," which means the same thing. Sometimes shortened to "sweet FA." I worked there for 20 years and was dismissed with sweet Fanny Adams to show for it! fanny fart1. noun, vulgar slang A sudden expulsion of air from the vagina, often resembling the sound of flatulence. "Fanny" is a vulgar slang term for the vagina. Primarily heard in UK. 2. verb, vulgar slang To expel air out of the vagina in a manner resembling flatulence. Primarily heard in UK. fanny-dipperslang A swimmer, as opposed to a surfer. Hey, watch out for those fanny-dippers when you go back out there with your surfboard. sweet Fanny Adamsabsolutely nothing at all. informal Fanny Adams was the youthful victim in a famous murder case in 1867 , her body being mutilated and cut to pieces by the killer. With gruesome black humour, her name came to be used as a slang term for a type of tinned meat or stew recently introduced to the Royal Navy; the current meaning developed early in the 20th century. Sweet Fanny Adams is often abbreviated in speech to sweet FA , which is understood by many to be a euphemism for sweet fuck all . fanny n. the buttocks. (Euphemistic in the U.S. The term has taboo implications in the U.K.) He fell down right on his fanny. fanny-bumper n. an event that draws so many people that they bump into one another. There was a typically dull fanny-bumper in the village last night. fanny-dipper n. a swimmer, as opposed to a surfer. (California.) The fanny-dippers are not supposed to go out that far. |
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