fanny pack

English

Etymology

fanny (“the backside”) + pack.

Noun

fanny pack (plural fanny packs)

1. (Canada, US) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.

   She wears her fanny pack every day on her morning jog around Central Park.

Usage notes

• While fanny is acceptable in Canada and the US, the term can be misconstrued as offensive in other countries; see fanny (“female genitalia”).

Synonyms

• bum bag (UK, Australia)
• moon bag (South Africa)

Translations

pouch

• French: banane (fr) f
• Hungarian: övtáska
• Norwegian: rumpetaske (no) m, f

• Portuguese: pochete (pt)
• Spanish: banano (es) m (Chile), cangurera f (Mexico), cangura f (Costa Rica), canguro m (Colombia), koala m (Venezuela), riñonera f (Argentina, Spain, Uruguay)
• Swedish: magväska c, midjeväska c

References

• “fanny pack” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-541816-3.