To ask where this awful word came from?

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Fanjo.
Even my auto-correct doesn't like it. Fan jo.

I bloody hate it. It's one of those twee, naff MN words that gets used and makes me cringe.

In the same vein, consider strike throughs. So naff. Not funny. Not ballsy. If you want to say something, just do.

Let's all say 'vulva'. Do it now. One, two, three..."Vulva!" Actually, it sounds like a salute. Like "Hurrah!" or "Cheers". Oh yes. To support our favourite player/team on winning, "Vulva! Vulva!" or as we raise our glasses, smiling cheerfully at our friends, "Vulva!"

Thank you SoldierBear. You asked what's wrong with actually saying vulva. Nothing. We should say it more often.

Yanbu it's sounds so twatty and cringy.

Calling someone a Fanjo is the same as calling them a Fanny

And yes, Chaos, moist is the worst word ever. Ugh. Moist. Shudder.

No, I hate the word "applicator", doesn't matter what it's for, I always think of Tampax

Seems a very coy word for a Weegie to use. They're usually rather more forthright.

I bet he's a secret MN user and that's where he got it from.

It's from the Latin, Fanjitus...altered here via Spain to Fanjo. HTH.

Cordelia, surely him being Glaswegian he'd use Shereen?

Fanjo is a town in France.

although it's actually spelled Fanjeaux

In a town not far there,s a Minge Lane. I would so love to,live there just to be able to give my address out very loudly. MINGE LANE!

He tries to sensor himself around certain people, generally doesn't work to well, but "Fanjo" is used very jokingly, more affectionately. Which probably sounds obsurd to anyone who doesn't know a Weegie

I hate the word

But I. Like fanjoforthemammaries

Yay for vulva.
Which actually sounds like the name of a stout Roman lady in an Asterix book.
Poor old vulva - why has it got such bad press to be replaced by a stupid word like Fanjo that nobody even knows what it actually means? Can we start a campaign to ban it for the sake of clarity and offences to the English language?

Trying to imagine a Glaswegian male calling anyone a fanny and failing miserably...

Am Scottish and never heard it before MN. Fanny means idiot in Scotland!

Blue have never heard "shereen" - what am I missing? We've been together 15 years but don't live in Scotland

Cordelia, I'm now trying to think when I've heard 'applicator' in a non tampon-y context . Not often, I think. It is a bit of a weird word though, isn't it? You know what's even worse? Succulent.

Tries to remember the words to "The Vulva Song Of Glory"...

Soldier DH would tell you he doesn't speak English, he speaks the Queens Scottish!

Shareen Nanjiani is a news presenter in Scotland. Poor woman!

So many bad words out there though! There are loads of things I read applicator on, even home hair colours etc, but still think Tampax!

If you really need another word for female genitals, surely twat is shorter and better known than Fanjo?

Blue actually that does ring a bell!

www.lawoftheplayground.com/browse.php?type=subject&id=262

This explanation was posted in 2002 and

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanjo

this entry seems to be from 2005, but the term seems to have become used more frequently on MN from around 2010, so I don't think it's an MN original. The first link seems to provide a reasonable explanation with a little context...

Would rather Fanjo than cunt tbh