Meaning of monkeyese | Babel Free

Definitions

The language supposedly used by monkeys.

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Examples

“His [Richard Lynch Garner’s] account of the astonishment of the monkeys when he spoke to them in their own tongue is very amusing. The first word which he translated was “milk,” but as it applied equally to water, he came to the conclusion that it was the monkeyese for “drink.””

“It fell plop on my chest and I heard Ivan shriek just like a girl does when you hold a wiggling snake before her. And that baby monk made a little cry that I swear was “Mama” in Monkeyese, and Mother distinctly said, “Come, my precious.” The next I knew the mother and my baby monkey, that I had rescued, were trailing off down the beach, and the little monk had a strangle hold of its maternal parent’s neck.”

““The monkey is hanging from the crosspiece by one paw. Now he’s dropping down the pole. Here he comes! He is running across the avenue. Luckily there is no bus nor auto nearer than a block. Here he is. I can’t make out the conversation, but Fitzie is talking monkeyese like a native and the little thing is eating a banana and listening to him!””

“Sherlock had taken Kohoutek’s pocket watch! The monkey held it out toward the audience, who laughed and clapped. Kohoutek was so startled he couldn’t speak. Imitating the master magician, and after chattering in monkeyese, Sherlock held his right hand to his mouth and mimed blowing into it, as if inflating a balloon.”

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“The chimpanzee before me betrays the clay feet of the entire human race. […] “All right. Settle down, Chiquita-chomper. I suppose I should know if you are a dude or a dudette. Well?” / The thing chitters at me in monkeyese. I scratch my nose in puzzlement. It repeats the gesture.”

“His attention was drawn towards one particular female monkey. A baby was crawling all over her, but her concentration, he noted, was directed towards him. When she saw Sal’s eyes open, she let out a scream that brought Sal to his feet. / “What the hell was that for?” Sal said in monkeyese. / “What was what for?” she responded in kind. / “That screaming.””

“Measuring behavior in laboratory animals is more complex. Researchers must learn to speak “ratese” with rat subjects or “monkeyese” with monkeys. In short, researchers must develop ways to enable the animals to reveal their symptoms.”

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