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Why is a fanny called a fanny?
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I know it's a UK slang derivative but where did it stem from?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The earliest recorded use of the word in this sense in Britain was in 1879, so it has not been around for that long. The earliest known use of the word in its American sense comes from some fifty years later. Like all such name-words - eg willy or the diminutive form of Richard for penis - there is no known source, as they first appeared as nursery-versions of the medical terms.