Definitions

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  • noun UK, slang, dated The female genitals.
  • noun UK, slang A fool; an idiot.

Etymologies

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Origin uncertain, perhaps compare prat, fanny.

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Examples

  • The keywords in Quartet of doc SHanley appear to be 'pranny' and 'recipe', but as these are traded back and forth between three overlapping narrators, who are in turn largely buried by a heaving juggernaut of a soundtrack, who knows what else will emerge from the mix over the next two decades?

    FallNews - all mud and witches 1998

  • The band (Burns/Hanley/Julia/Tommy) were in great form but Smith was a complete and utter pranny by the end of it.

    FallNews - all mud and witches 1998

  • If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I mean when I say recipe

    Levitate Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 1997

  • If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I mean when I say recipe

    Levitate Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 1997

  • If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I mean when I say recipe

    Levitate Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 1997

  • If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I mean when I say recipe

    Levitate Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 1997

  • If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I mean when I say recipe

    Levitate Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 1997

  • Rob White is a real pranny - so the film New York New York should give money to New Yew York should it ... what a pathetic attempt to grab a few votes!

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • But then, for once, he'll realise that immediately going on to list all the things he doesn't love about them would just make him look like a tremendous pranny.

    The Guardian World News Stuart Heritage 2010

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