fanny pack

From fanny (“the backside”) + pack.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæni pæk/

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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.

   Synonyms: (US) belly bag, belt bag, (UK, Australia, New Zealand) bum bag, (South Africa) moon bag, waist bag

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

• “fanny pack” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.