stepee Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 The term monkey's uncle, most notably seen in the idiom "(Well,) I'll be a monkey's uncle", is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief.[1]It can also be used to acknowledge the impossibility of a situation, in the same way that "pigs might fly" is used. An example is if one says: "I may agree that if two plus two equals five, then I am a monkey's uncle". The phrase was used as early as 1917, in an El Paso, Texas newspaper advertisement for a play called The Brass Monkey.[2] It appeared in newspapers several times in the early 1920s, including several other examples in advertisements.[3][4] It was originally a sarcastic remark made by creationists.[5] The notion "that [people] were descended from apes was considered blasphemous...by Darwin's contemporaries", and it was for this reason that the sarcastic phrase came into use.[6] ooooohhhhh I never even thought of it that way lol, I was just picturing a cute monkey uncle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Well, butter my ass and call me a cheddar bay biscuit 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I’m just shocked it doesn’t have explicitly racist origins 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I’m just shocked it doesn’t have explicitly racist origins El Paso Texas though 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: El Paso Texas though 🤔 That sounds like a slur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I’m just shocked it doesn’t have explicitly racist origins They're certainly "implicit" though! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 You have to think about the implied. The disrespect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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