<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A fanny pack (American English) or bum bag (British English) is a small fabric pouch usually secured with a zipper and worn by use of a strap around the hips or waist . The American and British names derive from the fact that they are often worn with the pouch above the buttocks, for which "fanny" and "bum" are the slang terms in each country respectively, although they may also be worn with the pouch at the front . Note that the British word "fanny" is vulgar and is not used in the term, "fanny pack". </P> <P> Bags attached to belts have been in use since antiquity in many cultures . One origin was the Native American buffalo pouch which was used instead of sewing pockets into clothing . Buffalo pouches may also be worn on the wrist or carried on the front of the chest via a neck strap or lanyard . Ötzi had a belt pouch 5000 years ago . The European medieval belt - pouch is another antecedent which was superseded as clothing came to have pockets . The Scottish sporran is a similar belted pouch that survived because of the impracticality of pockets in a kilt . </P> <P> The modern version made from synthetic materials came into use in the 1980s and they were especially in vogue in the 1990s, but are now often considered old - fashioned . Their use was satirised by the American humorist Weird Al Yankovic in his song White & Nerdy . </P>

Where did the term fanny pack come from