fanny的词源

英文词源

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.

俚语词。据说来自丑闻小说“Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure”,其中Fanny为Frances昵称。或可能直接来自对法国人的恶搞。比较French letter.

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