brass monkey

While the exact origin of the term 'brass monkey' is unkown, it's 200-plus year usage history indicates its original meaning is related to the Kelvin Spheres that sit on either side of a ship's binnacle. The balls, which are iron, help offset magnetic shifts so the compass inside the binnacle remains pointed toward magnetic north. The two balls are traditionally mounted on brass arms, which were called 'monkeys' by sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' didn't rear its head into common usage until the 20th century. Original uses referred to 'freezing the tail of a brass monkey,' or 'melting the nose off a brass monkey,' and can be found in 19th century sailing texts like Herman Melville's "Omoo" ('...it was 'ot enough to melt the nose h'off a brass monkey....').

Again, while the exact meaning is unkown, the term has beeen definitively rejected by the Department of the Navy, the Oxford English Dictionary and other noted etymologists as describing a pyramid of cannonballs on a brass tray. Not only were they never used on board ship during the age of sail as they would have rolled everywhere with the rocking of the ship, but the balls and tray would expand and contract at nearly the same rate due to cold and heat, and therefore the stack would never have fallen apart due temperature change.

'Cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey.'

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monkeying around

it's idiom

would you please stop monkeying around ? you'll break something !
oh,come on ! we're just having fun.

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spank the monkey

to have a wank cf choking the chicken

i'm just off to spank the monkey

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Spunky Monkey

When you have a boner, Then you get a running start and slam your dick in a girls vagina.

Brad: "Man, you've been limping all day. Whats wrong?"

Mike: "Dude i tried a Spunky Monkey last night and I think I broke my penis."

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Monkey Pussy

The act of tucking one's shaft and balls down between their legs, then mooning someone.

That fucking faggot Jason, gave us a Monkey Pussy.

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Dance monkey

A stupid fucking tik tok song that gets into ur head with a decent tune but trash vocal skills.

Example:
Person: Have u heard the song dance monkey?
Person: Yeah everyone has, its shite

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monkey bowls

small bowls used at restaurants to serve side-dishes and dipping sauce. called monkey bowls because they look as if they are used to serve the brain of a monkey.

"T, where the hell are all the goddamn monkey bowls?!?!"

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