cerescaper user wanted to know what this means and so do I. why would a girl call a guy a brass monkey?
2006-10-11 18:22:32 · 5 answers · asked by GEMINI GIRL 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
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Brass Monkey is the name of various people and things. In several cases, the people and things were named after, or as an allusion to, the colloquial expression.
Brass Monkey is a colloquial expression.
Brass Monkey is the name of a cocktail.
Brass Monkey is the name of an English folk band.
Brass Monkey is the name of a 1948 film.
"Brass Monkey" is the title of a song on the Beastie Boys' 1986 record Licensed to Ill.
Brass Monkey is the name of a comic book character, a supervillain in Kurt Busiek's Astro City. The character name may be an allusion to the phrase, however, it is possible that it is not, as the character is, literally, a brass statue of a monkey (animated by the mind of a criminal).
The Brass Monkey is a bar in Perth, Western Australia. Official web site:
Brass Monkey is the nickname for the house flag of the Cunard Line; a red flag with a gold lion on it.
Brass Monkeys is a UK Men's Underwear Brand, Founded in 1992, Official web site www.brassmonkeys.co.uk
2006-10-11 18:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A brass monkey was a brass ring in which cannonballs were stacked on sailing ships. If it got very cold, the balls would fall off due to differential contraction. Hence the expression: Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
2006-10-12 01:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a monkey that is brass, or feels like brass
2006-10-12 01:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by showtimegk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Monkey
2006-10-12 01:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://oregonmag.com/BrassMonkey.jpg
2006-10-13 00:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by Valley Mental Health tooele Utah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋