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Originally Posted by cheese bogart

...Another reason why dictionaries are useful (and I can only speak for the English language) is to show how languages develop in countries that speak the same language. The word fanny is a good example. In the US it's slang for your bum and in Britain it's slang for vagina.

Originally Posted by Abelturd

You're absolutely right. There's a potential for a terrible mistake lurking in that word. Better to have a dictionary.