Fanny Adams

 
Pronunciation: /fanɪˈadəmz/

noun

British informal
  • 1 (also sweet Fanny Adams) nothing at all: I know sweet Fanny Adams about mining
  • 2a nautical term for tinned meat or stew.

Origin:

late 19th century (in Fanny Adams (sense 2)): black humour, from the name of a murder victim circa1870. Fanny Adams (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century, and is sometimes understood as a euphemism for fuck all