That was a interesting read even though I've never heard the phrase before. Thanks for sharing!

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I've often used "SFA" as a reply to the question "what are you up to?". I don't think I'll be doing that anymore.

Never heard of the phrase.

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In Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting,’ a character describes himself as being up to ‘Scottish Football Association’ - i.e SFA.

It's used ac fair bit in Aus but mostly by millennials

Thanks for the edification. I've said that a few times in my life, and never would have guessed.

It seems like this may have morphed into:What are you up to?

"F**** all"

Fuck

I've heard ( and used) the..ahem...later version, but never knew the origin. Also the title of a song by glam band the Sweet.

Today I did learn. My grandmother (born 1903) used to say sweet Fanny Adams when appropriate.

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Well that's awful

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The only time I have ever heard it used in the US is on an episode of The Simpsons.

Well. I shan't be saying that anymore!

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Wow

F*** or F***** im so confused.

I seem to remember it came into Australian parlance during one of the wars, WW2 or nam maybe, due to saying fukc being frowned upon by some uppity officers.

Is anyone else bothered by her father playing cricket while townspeople were out looking for his missing daughter??

I really hope her family never heard this phrase. Poor thing.

Sweet fuck all?

That's a saying?

On the Who Live at Leeds album Roger Daltrey adds “sweet f**k all” to the end of Youngman Blues. Great song.

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In the UK yes

Sol: No, it's a moissanite. Bad Boy Lincoln: A what-in-ite? Sol: A moissanite is an artificial diamond, Lincoln. It's Mickey Mouse, mate. Spurious. Not genuine. And it's worth... fuck-all. -Snatch

That's where I heard it.

TIL that the phrase 'sweet f*** all" originated...

I didn't know there were cursed words in The Simpsons. I've never heard any. Which episode?

A Milhouse Divided. Luanne says the Luanne Van Houten Marge knew is gone, Sweet Fanny Adams Bye Bye!

Used to be pretty common in Canada too.

I’m just going by the article but it’s possible he was unaware. It seems to suggest the search occurred in one day but I can’t tell

“Fuck all” is used a little in the US

Jesus Christ on a bicycle this is awful. On a side note, this revelation is not helping me be less of a helicopter parent.

I feel guilty now because I use “fuck all” quite a bit.

Pretty sure it was implied he didn't know up until he was specifically summoned. I doubt a man who's first instinct is to grab his shotgun and kill the man responsible would wave off his daughters kidnapping and murder for cricket if he'd known

Guess I missed that. I thought he grabbed it after they found her body. Either way, terrible tragedy.

He waited until Shit got real.

I may just have a weird lexicon, but I use it to mean "absolutely nothing"

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>In 1869, tinned mutton was introduced as rations in the British Navy. Far from being a tasty cut of meat, sailors complained their food was so awful they suspected it was the dismembered body of Fanny Adams. Soon the grotesque joke had spread so far that tinned mutton was referred to as a tin of Fanny Adams.

>To this day British sailors are served their rations in what is nicknamed a 'Fanny'. As often happens with language the slang phrase 'Sweet Fanny Adams' soon filtered into wider society where it became a euphemism for anything not worth having or 'nothing'.

Sweet Fanny Adams > Sweet Fuck All

For anyone who is as lazy as me and didn't want to scour the article for the reasoning.

Used in South Africa as well. Popular general saying here. Like, its MORE than "fuck all"

Thank you for your help 😁