Fanny Adamsn.

Brit.

/ˌfanɪ ˈadəmz/, U.S.

/ˌfæni ˈædəmz/

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fanny Adams.

Etymology: < Fanny Adams, the name of a child who was murdered and dismembered at Alton, Hampshire, England, in August 1867.

1. Nautical slang. Now historical and rare.

a. Tinned meat, esp. mutton.In 1869 new rations of tinned mutton were introduced into the navy; the unpopularity of the dish gave rise to a blackly humorous conjecture that it was made from the remains of Fanny Adams, a young girl who had been brutally murdered and dismembered two years earlier.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > tinned meat

rillettes1858

Fanny Adams1884

tinned dog1895

Harriet Lane1896

Maconochie1901

monkey meat1918

Spam1937

luncheon meat1945

1884 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 17 Dec. Our servants, too, began to turn up their noses at the ‘hard tack’ and ‘Fanny Adams’ of which our rations consisted.

1901 Johnian Apr. 22/2 We looked round for food and found a 6lb. tin of ‘Fanny Adams’ (corned beef).

1927 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 259/2 ‘Fanny Adams’ (or preserved mutton) brought from the ship.

2007 K. Colquhoun Taste xxi. 299 So unpopular that the navy called it 'Fanny Adams' after the eight-year-old whose murder had shocked the nation, tinned meat was generally foul.

b. Stew.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > stewed meat

stewpot1542

estew1566

fricassee1568

ragout1652

pepperpot1698

grenade1706

haricot1706

pupton1706

lobscouse1707

stew1756

puchero1802

granada1806

bredie1815

muddle1833

scouse1840

slum1847

hashmagandy1851

ropa vieja1855

chilli con carne1857

sorpotel1863

goulash1866

daube1877

paprikash1877

chilli1886

pot-pie1890

slumgullion1902

cholent1903

cracker-hash1904

cracker-stew1909

gippo1914

waterzooi1915

Fanny Adams1921

adobo1938

cassoulet1940

feijoada1941

coddle1942

stifado1950

rancho1957

tinga1964

1921 Argosy-Allstory Weekly 24 Dec. 475/2 The Frenchy's long-boat had just come alongside the wharf for a load of soup an' bully, or Fanny Adams—whichever you please to call it.

1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 46/1 Fanny Adams, general nautical slang for stew or hash.

2. slang. Nothing at all. Chiefly in sweet Fanny Adams in the same sense.Sometimes interpreted as a euphemism for sweet fuck all; see sweet fuck all at fuck-all n.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all

noughtOE

neither tip nor toe1610

nix1781

damn the haet1787

no nothing1815

zero1823

all1842

neither hide nor hair1857

zip1900

nixie1906

damn all1910

fuck-all1916

Fanny Adams1919

bugger-all1921

S.F.A.1933

not a sausage1938

shit1949

zilch1956

eff-all1958

sod all1958

diddly-squat1963

diddly1964

jack-all1965

niente1969

zippo1973

feck-all1975

hee-haw1975

naff all1977

jack squat1986

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 F.A., ‘Fanny Adams’, or ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’—nothing; vacuity.

1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 61 What do they do? Sweet Fanny Adams!

2002 J. Diski Stranger on Train 112 You're completely drunk..and you know sweet fanny adams about the little people. You are a fraud.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fanny adams
释义	Fanny Adamsn. Brit. /ˌfanɪ ˈadəmz/, U.S. /ˌfæni ˈædəmz/ Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fanny Adams. Etymology: < Fanny Adams, the name of a child who was murdered and dismembered at Alton, Hampshire, England, in August 1867. 1. Nautical slang. Now historical and rare. a. Tinned meat, esp. mutton.In 1869 new rations of tinned mutton were introduced into the navy; the unpopularity of the dish gave rise to a blackly humorous conjecture that it was made from the remains of Fanny Adams, a young girl who had been brutally murdered and dismembered two years earlier. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > tinned meat rillettes1858 Fanny Adams1884 tinned dog1895 Harriet Lane1896 Maconochie1901 monkey meat1918 Spam1937 luncheon meat1945 1884 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 17 Dec. Our servants, too, began to turn up their noses at the ‘hard tack’ and ‘Fanny Adams’ of which our rations consisted. 1901 Johnian Apr. 22/2 We looked round for food and found a 6lb. tin of ‘Fanny Adams’ (corned beef). 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 259/2 ‘Fanny Adams’ (or preserved mutton) brought from the ship. 2007 K. Colquhoun Taste xxi. 299 So unpopular that the navy called it 'Fanny Adams' after the eight-year-old whose murder had shocked the nation, tinned meat was generally foul. b. Stew. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > stewed meat stewpot1542 estew1566 fricassee1568 ragout1652 pepperpot1698 grenade1706 haricot1706 pupton1706 lobscouse1707 stew1756 puchero1802 granada1806 bredie1815 muddle1833 scouse1840 slum1847 hashmagandy1851 ropa vieja1855 chilli con carne1857 sorpotel1863 goulash1866 daube1877 paprikash1877 chilli1886 pot-pie1890 slumgullion1902 cholent1903 cracker-hash1904 cracker-stew1909 gippo1914 waterzooi1915 Fanny Adams1921 adobo1938 cassoulet1940 feijoada1941 coddle1942 stifado1950 rancho1957 tinga1964 1921 Argosy-Allstory Weekly 24 Dec. 475/2 The Frenchy's long-boat had just come alongside the wharf for a load of soup an' bully, or Fanny Adams—whichever you please to call it. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 46/1 Fanny Adams, general nautical slang for stew or hash. 2. slang. Nothing at all. Chiefly in sweet Fanny Adams in the same sense.Sometimes interpreted as a euphemism for sweet fuck all; see sweet fuck all at fuck-all n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 F.A., ‘Fanny Adams’, or ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’—nothing; vacuity. 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 61 What do they do? Sweet Fanny Adams! 2002 J. Diski Stranger on Train 112 You're completely drunk..and you know sweet fanny adams about the little people. You are a fraud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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