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code monkey 

An affectionate term for a specific kind of underpaid, overworked (often by volition), increasingly underappreciated indentured servant, otherwise known as a Software Programmer.

Derrived from the Latin-Greek "Codex" and the Obsolete-Japanese "Donkey Kong San"
"Socrates says we're all just expendable code monkeys, sitting here in the late Tokugawa period. . ."
code monkey by Jiggy-Fly December 22, 2003
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code monkey 

One who copies all code from other sources and prays that their code compiles. Normally used in a negative manner when used by more experienced programmers.
Programmer A: Bob is such a code monkey!
Programmer B: Oh my god did he use the same code more than 4 times in one method?
code monkey by John Standish October 19, 2007

code monkey 

Well dressed impostor who fakes his living as a respected software engineer largely through plagarism and "learning on the fly"
Those dudes from aussie were supposed to be software guru's but they're just code monkeys man!
code monkey by Dogg B0lx November 28, 2007

Code Monkey 

Name given to a hot guy.. Obviously spoken in Code so the hot guy doesnt know that the girl is reffering to him.
Woah! Code Monkey
Holy Shit, Look at THAT Code Monkey
Code Monkey by Skylar. January 6, 2008

code_monkey 

Someone who really sucks at writing code.
That guy is so not 1337. What a code monkey!
code_monkey by mariamarie November 7, 2003

code_monkey 

The man who pwns all
The man who pwns all
code_monkey by code_monkey July 3, 2003
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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