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Fanny Adams
fanny adams n 1. (usually preceded by sweet) absolutely nothing at all. Often shortened to: f.a., FA or SFA 2. chiefly nautical (formerly) tinned meat, esp mutton [C19: for sense 1: a euphemism for fuck all for sense 2: from the name of a young murder victim whose body was cut up into small pieces. ]ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"bugger all, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adamsdirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phraseBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomgoose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" | | 2. | Fanny Adams - nautical term for tinned meat canned meat, tinned meat - meat preserved in a can or tinBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
Fanny Adams
Fanny Adamsobsolete A ration of tinned mutton, as provided upon a naval ship. This macabre sobriquet was taken from the name of an eight-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in 1867, thus likening the quality of the meat rations to the remains of the young girl. I swear if I have to eat Fanny Adams one more time, I will throw myself overboard.See also: Adam, fannyEncyclopediaSeefAFinancialSeeSFAAcronymsSeeFAFanny Adams Related to Fanny Adams: sweet FASynonyms for Fanny Adamsnoun little or nothing at allSynonyms- bugger all
- fuck all
- sweet Fanny Adams
Related Words- dirty word
- vulgarism
- obscenity
- smut
- filth
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- goose egg
- nada
- naught
- nil
- nix
- nothing
- null
- zero
- zilch
- zip
- zippo
- aught
- cypher
- cipher
noun nautical term for tinned meatRelated Words- canned meat
- tinned meat
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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