as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
be careful on that icy walk, unless you want to fall on your fanny
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Recent Examples of fanny
As if a primetime showdown between two of the biggest draws on the dial weren’t already a sufficient goad to get fannies on living room sofas, NBC’s NFL game features Micah Parsons in his first run-in with the team that traded him exactly one month ago.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the team’s new executive vice president, count on all of those things to put fannies in the seats and lines at the concession stands.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The adjustable strap easily switches between fanny-pack and shoulder bag styles.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the team’s new executive vice president, count on all of those things to put fannies in the seats and lines at the concession stands.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The adjustable strap easily switches between fanny-pack and shoulder bag styles.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanny
Noun
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As older leaders retire, the days of bums on seats five days a week are likely to fade with them.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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One layer gives me all-over, medium-to-full coverage, a few additional dots to my cheeks and chin cover up the annoying splotchiness that's showed up on my skin recently.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And when the game was over, both coaches were eager to remark about the atmosphere and unused seats, Georgetown’s Ed Cooley was curious and UConn’s Dan Hurley exasperated that the crowd wasn’t more raucous on this Valentine’s Night.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Whitney Westerfield boarded his Southwest flight from Tampa to Nashville on Thursday and went to his seat in Row 8.—
Hannah Sampson,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The insects feed on organic matter and use a tail-like bodies to jump, appearing as dark, pepper-like specs in the snow.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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In an era where artistic metrics are splintered between box office, streaming and the long tail of cultural chatter, Merino still believes in the old ritual.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lineage of her home party, Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy, traces back to the rump of Mussolini’s fascists.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Fanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanny. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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