俗語。スキャンダラスな小説 "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure "に由来すると言われている。ファニーはフランシスの愛称。フランス語の手紙と比較。
英語の語源
fanny (n.)
"buttocks," 1920, American English, from earlier British meaning "vulva" (1879), perhaps from the name of John Cleland's heroine in the scandalous novel "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" (1748). The fem. proper name is a diminutive of Frances. The genital sense is still the primary one outside U.S., but is not current in American English, a difference which can have consequences when U.S. TV programs and movies air in Britain.
例文
1. The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny .
この無名の作家はファンニーに愛を求めて成功し、彼女と結婚した。
2.In England& ; quot ; fanny & ; is vulgar slang for female genitals.
イングランドでは、「 fanny 」は女性生殖器に対する下品な呼称である。
3.Thomas flew into a cold fury,which Fanny observed with terror.