by Teabagger January 5, 2005
Get the horizontal monkey dance mug.Every sailing ship had to have cannon for protection. Cannon of the times required round iron cannonballs. The master wanted to store the cannonballs such that they could be of instant use when needed, yet not roll around the gun deck. The solution was to stack them up in a square-based pyramid next to the cannon. The top level of the stack had one ball, the next level down had four, the next had nine, the next had sixteen, and so on. Four levels would provide a stack of 30 cannonballs. The only real problem was how to keep the bottom level from sliding out from under the weight of the higher levels. To do this, they devised a small brass plate ("brass monkey") with one rounded indentation for each cannonball in the bottom layer. Brass was used because the cannonballs wouldn't rust to the "brass monkey", but would rust to an iron one.
When temperature falls, brass contracts in size faster than iron. As it got cold on the gun decks, the indentations in the brass monkey would get smaller than the iron cannonballs they were holding. If the temperature got cold enough, the bottom layer would pop out of the indentations spilling the entire pyramid over the deck. Thus it was, quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
When temperature falls, brass contracts in size faster than iron. As it got cold on the gun decks, the indentations in the brass monkey would get smaller than the iron cannonballs they were holding. If the temperature got cold enough, the bottom layer would pop out of the indentations spilling the entire pyramid over the deck. Thus it was, quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
by Mike January 29, 2005
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The kind of fart that burns your butthole. It feels like a monkey with really sharp claws is trying to claw it's way out of your anus. Usually the result of consuming spicy Mexican food. "Don't lie and say you've never had a fart like this... everyone has!"
I thought I was going to have to take a huge dump because of all that Mexican food I ate. Instead I just farted about ten monkey claws.
by badcandy13 December 28, 2005
Get the Monkey Claw mug.Where a girl's Vagina lips are very large and hang down. Most men are not to fond of saggy Vagina's.
Have u seen her puss? She's got major Hang Time on the Monkey!
I'm not licking her box, she's got has hella Hang Time on the Monkey!
I'm not licking her box, she's got has hella Hang Time on the Monkey!
by chase-o June 29, 2007
Get the Hang time on the monkey mug.Term used to define sexual our witty comment made in jest. Cheeky means you are flippant, have too much lip or are a bit of a smart arse! Generally you are considered to be a bit cheeky if you have an answer for everything and always have the last word.
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Get the cheese monkey mug.A deadly fight that occurs between two monkeys who have purchased knives . Although not compulsory, everyone gets kicks out of the monkeys being handcuffed together. Sometimes fought in international waters to avoid federal "No Monkey Knife Fighting" laws.
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