Is a fanny pack the UK or US?

“Fanny Pack” In The USA Is “Bum Bag” In The UK Unfortunately, these have made a bit of a comeback recently, but if you talk about your fanny pack in Britain and it receives a giggle, it's likely because fanny means lady private parts in the UK, and not just because these fashion accessories look terrible.



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Fanny pack is an American name for a little pack carried around the waist. In UK it is called a Bum Bag. Fanny is slang for bottom in USA. Fanny is slang for female genitalia in UK.

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It is believed that the American usage - first recorded somewhere between 1925 and 1930 - was influenced by the British usage (1879). Further ties place the origin of both words to the title character in John Cleland's erotic novel - the first of its kind - Fanny Hill (also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure).

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Some people still call them fanny packs. The accessory, which refers to a bag you can wear around your waist, is now also called a belt bag, waist bag, bum bag and hip bag.

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In the UK, a purse is a wallet, which is kept in a handbag. As opposed to the American way, where a wallet is kept in a purse. How we'd say it in Britain: I keep all my change and credit cards in my purse.

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