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!"