The preferred Australasian term for fanny pack is bum bag. freeze vt.
A waist bag, or fanny pack (American English), belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around the waist by use of a strap above the hips that is secured usually with some sort of buckle.
Bum bag is a British term for a small bag attached to a belt. It is used to hold small or valuable objects. In America it is known as a fanny pack. It is also known as a waist wallet, belt bag, belly bag, chaos pouch, buffalo pouch, hip sack, butt pack, moon bag and in France as a sac banane.
“Fanny Pack” In The USA Is “Bum Bag” In The UK.
In Australian English bum refers to your bottom – buttocks – the part of the body which people sit on. But in America, a bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money.
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bum 1. / (bʌm) / noun. British slang the buttocks or anus.
the buttocks. ▶ USAGE Despite the theory that this word derives from the name 'Fanny', its use in British English is still considered vulgar by many people, and it could cause offence. In the US the word refers to the buttocks.
noun, plural fan·nies. Informal. the buttocks.
A bum bag, also known as a fanny pack, is a small, rectangular bag that is worn around the waist. Bum bags are popular among festival-goers because they are small and convenient. They are also practical because they keep your belongings safe and close to your body, leaving your hands free to do other things.
The British use the term - “bum bag” for the American “fanny pack”
A fanny pack also referred to as a waist bag or belt bag, is a small zippered bag worn around the waist, with the majority of the bag sitting in the front. This style of bag has become increasingly popular in recent years as a more practical and comfortable alternative to a traditional purse or shoulder bag.
Fanny pack: The term fanny in Irish is applied exclusively to female genitalia, so whatever you are wearing, it isn't a fanny pack; it's a waist-belt or a waist-pouch.
(Noun). A pouch-like bag that is worn around the waist. Note that the British equivalent is Bum Bag (UK) (see also Bum (UK)).
Once considered an unfashionable fad of the '90s, fanny packs—also known as waist, lumbar, and hip packs—are making a serious comeback in 2023.
(UK, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman. (UK, vulgar, uncountable) Women viewed as sexual objects. This club is full of fanny.
Mr Bentley then told a joke about a man saying: “When I ask for a growler I don't want a pork pie”, the punchline being that a “growler” is Yorkshire slang for pork pie, but also a lewd term for female genitalia.
As many Brits know, a "fanny pack" in the USA is merely a bum-bag, since "fanny" refers to the derriere and not the um, front. The phrase still causes a mild frisson in Brits when said in real life and not just on the telly though.
Tramp is derived from a Middle English verb meaning to "walk with heavy footsteps" (cf. modern English trample) and "to go hiking". In Britain the term was widely used to refer to vagrants in the early Victorian period. The social reporter Henry Mayhew refers to it in his writings of the 1840s and 1850s.
/bəm/ Your bum is your bottom. This word can also be used to refer to a vagrant, although it's generally considered offensive or insensitive. Bum is a name sometimes given to a beggar or vagrant: someone who tries to bum change from you.
Fanny is an extremely offensive Australasian slang term for the female genitalia, so announcing to an Australasian that you ``patted your friend on the fanny'' can can leave him or her with decidedly the wrong impression.
dinky (comparative dinkier, superlative dinkiest) (informal, Britain) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
fanny, slang — a crude word for female genitals, as in the UK. Although, sometimes buttocks as in the USA. Words such as "Fanny Pack" should be avoided in New Zealand (the New Zealand term is "beltbag" or "bumbag").
Unfortunately for those named Fanny, in the 1920s in England and Australia the word came to be a vulgar reference to the female anatomy. As the word made its way to America, it came to refer to the rear end instead…and its crassness softness.