Fanny = Face? Hmm...only in a well-known insult, in America.
Fanny is simply another term for derriere here, and is the least off-color
term I can think of in our verbal pastiche. Rump, rear-end and others are
more or less in the category of inoffensive usages. Some have borrowed bum
from the British.
It isn't uncommon now to hear "ass" bandied about on TV, much as
kindergarteners whisper "doody" to hilarious effect.
That's as far as I dare go.
It's safe to say that outside of the military, I've never seen a "fanny
pack" or "bum bag" worn in either of that same location - other, perhaps,
than on a cyclist. I carried my extras in a jersey than had rear pockets
when I cycled, tho'.
Every fanny pack I see is worn in front, by man and woman alike. A
photographer for the local paper wears her photo-fanny pack in front as
well. I suspect that wearing it on the hip simply makes getting through a
door or crowd that much harder.
Nope, the ubiquitous "fanny pack" is now the all-American, gender-neutral
codpiece. What one keeps in it is one's own affair. I would think the cod
would get rather smelly.
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Lex Jenkins
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Hoist my petard! Yoikes and away!! - Ur Amblet, 'The Very Bad Quarto'
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From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] (wildly [OT]) Fanny packs
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:08:46 +0100 (BST)
> I could also mention that the term fanny pack, when worn by women in
front, is
> very suitable terminology; in English English, fanny has another meaning
.....
Indeed, and since, AFAIK "fanny" is a US colloquialism for "face",
should a "fanny pack" be worn on the head?
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