Aunt Fannyn.

Brit.

/ˌɑːnt ˈfani/,

/ˌant ˈfani/, U.S.

/ˌænt ˈfæni/,

/ˌɑnt ˈfæni/

Forms: also with lower-case initial of the first element.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: aunt n., proper name Fanny.

Etymology: < aunt n. + the female forename Fanny (see fanny n.³), perhaps as euphemistic alteration of my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a (compare fanny n.¹ 3).Compare the following early use of auntie n. in the same sense:1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vii. 54 ‘Yon's Gairmany.’ ‘Gairmany ma auntie!’ retorts Mucklewame.

colloquial.

With possessive adjective, typically my.

1. Used in various phrases expressing dismissive or disbelieving contradiction of what has just been said. Esp. in my Aunt Fanny! (cf. my fanny at fanny n.¹ 4, my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b) and tell that to my Aunt Fanny and variants (cf. tell v. Phrases 10).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection]

to go toc1275

in good timea1470

Walker1811

to get off1818

this beats my grandmother1819

to go on1835

your granny!1837

to get away1847

I ask you1855

great guns!1875

sure1907

oh yeah1927

Aunt Fanny1928

go 'long1974

to sod off1976

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > my Aunt Fanny

my Aunt Fanny!1928

1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl xiii. 193 He..says it doesn't mean anything—she's just interested in the show business. You can tell that to my Aunt Fanny I says to him.

1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 24 Tell that to my old Aunt Fanny.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids viii. 142 ‘You mean..there wasn't any fire or anything?’ I asked. ‘Fire—my aunt Fanny!’

1983 Irish Times 14 Oct. 10/4 A recent newspaper article stated that ‘The absence of divorce in Ireland stabilises marriage...’ In my Aunt Fanny's hat.

2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June Peace and light, my Aunt Fanny. They..mounted a 9 to 5, months-long protest simply because they didn't like what I'd said.

2. In similative expressions as the type of someone ignorant or incompetent, or (more generally) someone or something unknown, irrelevant, etc.

ΚΠ

1943 M. Dickens Fancy iv. 50 He's about as much use as a charge hand as my Aunt Fanny.

1972 Times 28 July 14/7 Soldier Bip..says as much about the horror of war as my Aunt Fanny.

1991 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 14 July e5 The names of the people cut at the hospital mean as much to most of our readers as my Aunt Fanny.

2003 M. Grimes Foul Matter (2004) 328 Shit, K. This guy don't know any more about marketing than my aunt Fanny.

2015 T. Mallon Finale 317 Nancy smiled at the senator, who was about as much involved in this particular bill as her Aunt Fanny.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aunt fanny
释义	Aunt Fannyn. Brit. /ˌɑːnt ˈfani/, /ˌant ˈfani/, U.S. /ˌænt ˈfæni/, /ˌɑnt ˈfæni/ Forms: also with lower-case initial of the first element. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: aunt n., proper name Fanny. Etymology: < aunt n. + the female forename Fanny (see fanny n.³), perhaps as euphemistic alteration of my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a (compare fanny n.¹ 3).Compare the following early use of auntie n. in the same sense:1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vii. 54 ‘Yon's Gairmany.’ ‘Gairmany ma auntie!’ retorts Mucklewame. colloquial. With possessive adjective, typically my. 1. Used in various phrases expressing dismissive or disbelieving contradiction of what has just been said. Esp. in my Aunt Fanny! (cf. my fanny at fanny n.¹ 4, my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b) and tell that to my Aunt Fanny and variants (cf. tell v. Phrases 10). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [phrase] > my Aunt Fanny my Aunt Fanny!1928 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl xiii. 193 He..says it doesn't mean anything—she's just interested in the show business. You can tell that to my Aunt Fanny I says to him. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 24 Tell that to my old Aunt Fanny. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids viii. 142 ‘You mean..there wasn't any fire or anything?’ I asked. ‘Fire—my aunt Fanny!’ 1983 Irish Times 14 Oct. 10/4 A recent newspaper article stated that ‘The absence of divorce in Ireland stabilises marriage...’ In my Aunt Fanny's hat. 2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June Peace and light, my Aunt Fanny. They..mounted a 9 to 5, months-long protest simply because they didn't like what I'd said. 2. In similative expressions as the type of someone ignorant or incompetent, or (more generally) someone or something unknown, irrelevant, etc. ΚΠ 1943 M. Dickens Fancy iv. 50 He's about as much use as a charge hand as my Aunt Fanny. 1972 Times 28 July 14/7 Soldier Bip..says as much about the horror of war as my Aunt Fanny. 1991 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 14 July e5 The names of the people cut at the hospital mean as much to most of our readers as my Aunt Fanny. 2003 M. Grimes Foul Matter (2004) 328 Shit, K. This guy don't know any more about marketing than my aunt Fanny. 2015 T. Mallon Finale 317 Nancy smiled at the senator, who was about as much involved in this particular bill as her Aunt Fanny. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1928
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