A Conversation for The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
Sweet Fanny Adams
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation May 21, 2002
You neglected to mention that this is also a polite euphamism for "Sweet F**k All", an emphatic phrase meaning "nothing", used thus: "After all the boss's business trips do you know how much of a bonus we got this year? Sweet F**k All!"
Sweet Fanny Adams
a girl called Ben Posted May 21, 2002
I assumed that was a back-formation from Sweet Fanny Adams.
Isn't it fascinating how language feeds off itself?
Ben
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