[off-list] Re: [ADS-L] "fanny", n.4

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Dec 16 03:38:42 UTC 2012


Simply the fact that it's a feminine pet name.

Cf. masculine "Roger" and "Dick."

JL


On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> Assuming for the moment that "fanny" = "female pudendum" has no
> connection to Fanny Hill, what reasonable conjectural derivations of
> this "fanny" are readily available?
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