A character in a story or play who is there not for his/her character development or role in the story, but solely for the purpose of providing exposition to the audience.
Any time two minor characters in a Shakespearean play have a conversation not about themselves, but about others. Examples are found in Macbeth (2.4, 3.6), where the exposition monkey is the Old Man (and sometimes Ross); Merchant of Venice (2.8, first half of 3.1), where the exposition monkey is Solanio, Salarino, and Salerio. Some television characters serve this function as well as being regular characters. For example, Donna Moss on The West Wing.
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Kevin the IT Dust Monkey says
"This laptop is over-heating, I think it's because of dust contamination around the CPU and cooling fans. I am going to use my magic air cans to remove the dust."
Nigel says
"That's not healthy". That means you and your colleagues are going to have to inhale filthy dust full of skin cells, dust mites, pet hair, micro-organisms and general filth. Can't you keep a vacuum cleaner close by - at a sufficient distance to prevent causing static but close enough to capture the disturbed dust, do it outdoors or in a well ventilated area?"
Kevin says, in typical IT Dust Monkey style - nothing - and caries on spraying dust all over the office.
"This laptop is over-heating, I think it's because of dust contamination around the CPU and cooling fans. I am going to use my magic air cans to remove the dust."
Nigel says
"That's not healthy". That means you and your colleagues are going to have to inhale filthy dust full of skin cells, dust mites, pet hair, micro-organisms and general filth. Can't you keep a vacuum cleaner close by - at a sufficient distance to prevent causing static but close enough to capture the disturbed dust, do it outdoors or in a well ventilated area?"
Kevin says, in typical IT Dust Monkey style - nothing - and caries on spraying dust all over the office.
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Get the Monkey junkin mug.A bitch made mahfuckah. They can have any one of the following traits or a combination of them. Some traits have not been discovered yet either.
A skinny white kid.
Wears a fanny pack.
Sticks his/her nose in all sorts of business that doesn't involve him/her.
Tries to be in control of other people.
Can share same character traits and flaws as a Mr. Bob Dobalina.
Lies about dumb shit.
Bites the hand that feeds him/her
Has a part time job sucking cock.
Easily intimidated by people larger than him/her
Leaves garbage everywhere.
Greedy
ALWAYS concerned solely with their agenda.
Diarrhea of the mouth.
Has an extremely distorted sense of their value and contribution(s) to society.
Gets confused when simple mathematical computations are required.
Social Climber
Interloper
Pits people against each other just for his/her own amusement.
Not very well-liked among peers.
A skinny white kid.
Wears a fanny pack.
Sticks his/her nose in all sorts of business that doesn't involve him/her.
Tries to be in control of other people.
Can share same character traits and flaws as a Mr. Bob Dobalina.
Lies about dumb shit.
Bites the hand that feeds him/her
Has a part time job sucking cock.
Easily intimidated by people larger than him/her
Leaves garbage everywhere.
Greedy
ALWAYS concerned solely with their agenda.
Diarrhea of the mouth.
Has an extremely distorted sense of their value and contribution(s) to society.
Gets confused when simple mathematical computations are required.
Social Climber
Interloper
Pits people against each other just for his/her own amusement.
Not very well-liked among peers.
if you actually did something to benefit someone OTHER than YOURSELF, people MIGHT not think you are such a goddamned monkey tuna.
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