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Copy Monkey 

Derogatory (and ironically used) term used in advertising to describe copy writers. A derivative of the term 'mac monkey' used to describe artworkers or graphic designers working on the designers choice of equipment the Apple Mac.

Also copy monkey can sometimes be known as someone who works in a copy shop although this is unconfirmed.

To some copywriters this is extrememly insulting when used not in conjunction with 'creative'.
"Now that's the creative sorted, let's give it to the copy monkey"
Copy Monkey by Martin Dorey February 26, 2008
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Copy Monkey 

The correct expression that is used to describe someone who copies the actions of another. "Copy Cat" is not the correct expression as monkeys copy actions and cats don't.
"Don't be a copy monkey saying the same thing I'm saying"
"I just said that you copy monkey"
Copy Monkey by A-Sub15 September 22, 2011

copy paste monkey

(Definition reinstated)
One who codes, HTML, PHP C, or any other language, by mindlessly copying random chunks of code from the work of others without fully understanding what the code does. This usualy causes bugs, bloat, and generaly nasty ass code. Also abbreviated "CPM"
<Fred> Why does the php on Bob's site keep shitting?
<Dom> Because he's a copy-paste-monkey.
*Fred is now known as Bob
<Bob> Eep! Eep! I am MONKEY! Give me BANANA!! ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-c, ctrl-v!
copy paste monkey by BlueEagle January 7, 2005

copy paste monkey

Me, for CSS Style
I look around the 'net for some CSS, exploit it to my own limit and use it to make people say 'how did you make that!?'
copy paste monkey by B-Drac July 26, 2003
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
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An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
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