Who is Uncle Monkey?

The Monkey’s Uncle is a 1965 Walt Disney production comedy film starring Tommy Kirk as genius college student Merlin Jones and Annette Funicello (former Mouseketeer from The Mickey Mouse Club) as his girlfriend, Jennifer….

The Monkey’s Uncle
Language	English
Box office	$4,000,000 (US/Canada rentals)

Is the term monkeys uncle offensive?

It was originally a sarcastic remark made by creationists. 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.

Where did the phrase monkey’s uncle come from?

It’s just an exclamation of surprise: “Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!” It has been assumed to be a reference to Darwin’s Origin of Species of 1859, in which he argued the close evolutionary relationship between humans, apes and monkeys.

Where did the saying freeze the balls off a brass monkey come from?

The expression: “It is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey” comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out.

Where does the saying monkey’s uncle come from?

The phrase was used as early as 1917, in an El Paso, Texas newspaper advertisement for a play called The Brass Monkey. It appeared in newspapers several times in the early 1920s, including several other examples in advertisements. It was originally a sarcastic remark made by creationists.

Why do we say oh my giddy aunt?

Giddy Aunts are the keepers of family stories and the tellers of wonderful tales, but what does the phrase “Oh My Giddy Aunt” mean? “Oh My Giddy Aunt!” was a popular English saying early last century, often used to indicate surprise in the days before less genteel expletives became more freely used.

Where does kick the bucket originate?

The term is known to date from at least the 16th century. The more interesting (and probably apochryphal) origin relates to suicides who would stand on a large bucket with noose around the neck and, at the moment of their choosing, would kick away the bucket.