Definition of monkey business

monkey business

• a questionable activity.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'business':
b school	Definitions include: business school.
business class	Definitions include: so large (or possessing such large buttocks) that one cannot fit in the seats in the coach section of an airplane.
business end, the	Definitions include: the functional end, especially of a tool.
do (one's) business	Definitions include: to urinate or defecate.
EOB	Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
funny business	Definitions include: deception.
give the business	Definitions include: to give sex, have sex.
like nobody's business	Definitions include: an extreme amount.
MYOB	Definitions include: acronym for "mind your own business."
NOYB	Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business."
NOYFB	Definitions include: acronym for "none of your fucking business".
srs bsns	Definitions include: "serious business".
srs bzns	Definitions include: "serious business".
stick (one's) nose in other people's business	Definitions include: to interject one's self into another person's affairs.
TCB	Definitions include: acronym for "take care [of] business" or "taking care [of] business".
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Other terms relating to 'monkey':
*ss monkey	Definitions include: to be or act totally stupid
brass monkeys	Definitions include: very cold.
butt monkey	Definitions include: a silly or ineffectual person.
butt monkeyed	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
cheese-eating surrender monkey	Definitions include: a Frenchman.
code monkey	Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
desk monkey	Definitions include: a person who has a menial job and who works at a desk.
funky monkey	Definitions include: a funky person.
give a monkey's	Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative
go iron monkey	Definitions include: to severely injure someone.
grease monkey	Definitions include: a mechanic.
Infinite-Monkey Theorem	Definitions include: This theorem has been traced to the mathematician E'mile Borel in 1913, and was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington.
jizz monkey	Definitions include: One who cleans up ejaculate at a peepshow.
juice monkey	Definitions include: someone with muscles who looks big and macho.
Like a monkey on a stick	Definitions include: This describes one who is handy and skilled at stimulating penises.
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