A banana is a measurement of length. Its use became common around the early twenty-first century, and has continued to remain in common English ever since. The original banana was defined as a curved yellow fruit that was
17 centimeters
long; due to the great famine and subsequent death of many species, one banana is now nearer to 14.
5 centimeters. However, one ISO banana is still defined as
17 centimeters despite the
unit commonly being described as 14.5 centimeters.
"Your son is now 9
bananas tall!"
"Let's hope he lives to be 12!"
"A miss is as good as 9466.738613880132
bananas." -- old proverb
"Dude's travelling at 2000
bananas per minute!"