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Is this a troll name? Fanny is a faily well-known slang term[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny#In_slang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny#In_slang

napolux 2y ago
only in UK IIRC
- iamkonstantin 2y ago
  More like “only in the US it isn’t” :)
  - floucky 2y ago
    It was a popular name in France in the 90s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    - johnisgood 2y ago
      Yeah, Fanni is still used in Hungary.
  - somenameforme 2y ago
    Might be regional but fanny is definitely slang in the US as well, but very quaint/dated, meaning butt. Would generally be used in some sort of context like a grandma telling a kid, 'Get your fanny over here right this second!' It would never be offensive or used with sexual connotation. It's kind of like the equivalent of wiener.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  Many English speaking countries, I'm sure the US is more the exception than the rule in this case. Of course, 'git' is also an insult.
  - esperent 2y ago
    Git is a fairly mild insult though, roughly equivalent to calling someone annoying. I'm sure at least a few of us have thought Git (the tool) to be aptly named, from time to time.
    - phkahler 2y ago
      And here I thought it was redneck for "get" like that's where ya git yer code from.
    - mmcnickle 2y ago
      Linus once quipped "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."
    - johnisgood 2y ago
      Is "fanny" an insult at all?
      - staticfish 2y ago
        Yes, in Britain it is, you fanny.
        johnisgood 2y ago
        Damn! That was fannier than I expected. Lmao.
        esperent 2y ago
        That one is specifically British though. Or perhaps even just English, I can't imagine a Scottish person using it.
        staticfish 2y ago
        So what? The answer to the question is still yes.
- kgwxd 2y ago
  35+ years ago, my friend insisted it meant the UK definition and, until now, every time I heard the word, I'd think of the time my, otherwise smarty-pants, friend didn't know what the most basic, least offensive, slang meant.
  - memsom 2y ago
    It's pretty mild, but still offensive in the UK. Your friend was right to believe that much. That everyone thinks it means that? No - the US uses it differently for a region of the body slightly less offensive. It's a bit like spunk, which is also fairly offensive in the UK, and fag, which despite having an offensive meaning in the US, is actually traditionally not offensive here, though the US meaning is known and sometimes used - it means "cigarette" here mostly, and "faggot" means something less offensive too (a bunch of sticks or a type of meatball like dish.)
    - cratermoon 2y ago
      Remember when fanny packs were a thing?
      - evgen 2y ago
        Did you mean a bum bag?
      - olyjohn 2y ago
        But people wore them on their front side didn't they? I don't remember people turning them around and preparing them on their butts
      - memsom 2y ago
        No, we didn't call them that. Bum bag was the name. Bum being about as profane as fanny in the US, and probably the same thing.
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napolux 2y ago

only in UK IIRC

iamkonstantin 2y ago
More like “only in the US it isn’t” :)
- floucky 2y ago
  It was a popular name in France in the 90s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    Yeah, Fanni is still used in Hungary.
- somenameforme 2y ago
  Might be regional but fanny is definitely slang in the US as well, but very quaint/dated, meaning butt. Would generally be used in some sort of context like a grandma telling a kid, 'Get your fanny over here right this second!' It would never be offensive or used with sexual connotation. It's kind of like the equivalent of wiener.
Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Many English speaking countries, I'm sure the US is more the exception than the rule in this case. Of course, 'git' is also an insult.
- esperent 2y ago
  Git is a fairly mild insult though, roughly equivalent to calling someone annoying. I'm sure at least a few of us have thought Git (the tool) to be aptly named, from time to time.
  - phkahler 2y ago
    And here I thought it was redneck for "get" like that's where ya git yer code from.
  - mmcnickle 2y ago
    Linus once quipped "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    Is "fanny" an insult at all?
    - staticfish 2y ago
      Yes, in Britain it is, you fanny.
      - johnisgood 2y ago
        Damn! That was fannier than I expected. Lmao.
      - esperent 2y ago
        That one is specifically British though. Or perhaps even just English, I can't imagine a Scottish person using it.
        staticfish 2y ago
        So what? The answer to the question is still yes.
kgwxd 2y ago
35+ years ago, my friend insisted it meant the UK definition and, until now, every time I heard the word, I'd think of the time my, otherwise smarty-pants, friend didn't know what the most basic, least offensive, slang meant.
- memsom 2y ago
  It's pretty mild, but still offensive in the UK. Your friend was right to believe that much. That everyone thinks it means that? No - the US uses it differently for a region of the body slightly less offensive. It's a bit like spunk, which is also fairly offensive in the UK, and fag, which despite having an offensive meaning in the US, is actually traditionally not offensive here, though the US meaning is known and sometimes used - it means "cigarette" here mostly, and "faggot" means something less offensive too (a bunch of sticks or a type of meatball like dish.)
  - cratermoon 2y ago
    Remember when fanny packs were a thing?
    - evgen 2y ago
      Did you mean a bum bag?
    - olyjohn 2y ago
      But people wore them on their front side didn't they? I don't remember people turning them around and preparing them on their butts
    - memsom 2y ago
      No, we didn't call them that. Bum bag was the name. Bum being about as profane as fanny in the US, and probably the same thing.

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