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fag bags and fanny packs

Doesn't this thread just get better & better?


Umm, I believe these are called "bum bags" outside the U.S, due to rather
extreme differences in the meaning (and politeness level) of the word "fanny."
(In the US, it's roughly equivalent to the word "butt.")

I remember a story about an American lady using that word while addressing
her children while in Australia (or somewhere) and getting some rather
strange looks from other people standing about.