my aunt Fanny

Expression of disbelief

My aunt Fanny is a British expression of disbelief or dismissal, equivalent to "nonsense" or "I don't believe it": Genuine leather, my aunt Fanny—this is plastic.

The phrase uses the fictional aunt as a stand-in for something obviously false.

Fanny being British slang for the female genitals gives the expression a mildly vulgar edge, though many speakers don't register this connection.

dismissive-exclamation

balderdash

Senseless talk or writing

nonsense · rubbish · codswallop · tommyrot · bunkum · piffle · twaddle · fiddlesticks · horsefeathers · baloney

Opposites
sincere belief/acceptance

my aunt Fannyabsolutely

Completely, without exception

indeed · certainly · I agree · exactly · precisely

perceived truthfulness

my aunt Fannygospel truth

Claim beyond all question

genuine · legitimate · on the level · straight up · for real

Family

my, aunt, Fanny, aunts, auntie, aunties, mine

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