Brass-Monkey
Brass-Monkey by When_ January 19, 2021
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brass monkey weather
Extremely cold weather, used by people of Sunderland and possibly Newcastle (I am not saying the 2 are the same, don't worry) as they are the only type of people who I have heard say it. "Brass monkey weather" is called thus because the temperature is so cold that "it would freeze the bollocks of a brass money".
#1: Boooar, its brass monkey weather!
#2: Ha? What?
#1: It would freeze the bollocks of a brass monkey
#2: Genius.
#2: Ha? What?
#1: It would freeze the bollocks of a brass monkey
#2: Genius.
brass monkey weather by who knows but I May 30, 2006
Brass Monkey Syndrome
talk the ass off a brass monkey
talk the ass off a brass monkey by fuckmycock24 January 27, 2010
Froze the balls of a brass monkey
This phrase is often used when it's bloody cold.
The origin of this phrase stems from the early explorers when traveling at sea in the icey cold. A brass monkey was used to hold the cannon balls in a pyramid shape, when it became freezing cold the holder ( brass monkey)would contract and the cannon balls would fall off.
The origin of this phrase stems from the early explorers when traveling at sea in the icey cold. A brass monkey was used to hold the cannon balls in a pyramid shape, when it became freezing cold the holder ( brass monkey)would contract and the cannon balls would fall off.
This morning I went outside to take the bins out front, it was that cold it would of froze the balls of a brass monkey .
Froze the balls of a brass monkey by Shaggenshano July 12, 2017
freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Statement about the temperature being very cold.
Background:
A brass monkey is a naval term for the holder that holds the cannon balls. It was made of brass and the cannon balls were not, so when it got cold enough, the two metals would contract by different amounts and the cannon balls would no longer fit properly in the holder and thus fall off.
Background:
A brass monkey is a naval term for the holder that holds the cannon balls. It was made of brass and the cannon balls were not, so when it got cold enough, the two metals would contract by different amounts and the cannon balls would no longer fit properly in the holder and thus fall off.
Person 1: Holy crap its freezing in here.
Person 2: Yeah, its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
Person 2: Yeah, its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
freeze the balls off a brass monkey by PlaceHolder August 11, 2004
freeze the balls off a brass monkey
A reference to extreme cold. According to the United States Navy Historical Center, this is a legend of the sea without historical justification. The center has researched this because of the questions it gets and says the term βbrass monkeyβ and a vulgar reference to the effect of cold on the monkeyβs extremities, appears to have originated in the book βBefore the Mastβ by C.A. Abbey published in 1857. It was said that it was so cold that it would βfreeze the tail off a brass monkey.β. The Navy says there is no evidence that the phrase had anything to do with ships or ships with cannon balls.
The first taxi man George encountered in Brooklyn said, "It is cold fit to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."
freeze the balls off a brass monkey by Vigfus April 27, 2016