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monkey business

NOUN
shenanigans
Synonyms
WEAK
absurdity absurdness antics buffoonery carrying-on clowning around craziness disobedience foolery foolishness hanky-panky high jinks hokey-pokey horse feathers horseplay inanity insanity irresponsibility ludicrousness lunacy misbehavior mischief mischief-making monkeyshine nonsense poppycock prank silliness stupidity tommyrot

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“That was more than enough monkey business for us,” the department said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce Momo’s capture.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

The days of monkey business may be over.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2022

Giuliani was hoodwinked not by a monkey but old-fashioned monkey business.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2020

Suffice it to report, that’s a whole bunch of monkey business.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2018

“And I think we’d better keep this monkey business to ourselves. If word gets out, every farmer in these hills will quit farming and start hunting monkeys. We can’t have that at all.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls