"Fanny" in US English

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>FWIW, my mother, b.1914 in Longview, TX, used "fan your fanny" as a
>joking replacement for "give you a spanking." When she wasn't joking,
>she  straightforwardly stated,  "I'm going to beat you till I can't
>see you!"

I used to hear "fan your fanny" too (maybe not from my mother but from
other relatives IIRC). Also, a little stronger maybe: "tan your hide".

-- Doug Wilson


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