Etymology

From cheese-eating surrender monkey, a term coined in a 1995 episode of The Simpsons.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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1. (slangCategory:English slang#CHEESEMONKEY, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#CHEESEMONKEY, humorousCategory:English humorous terms#CHEESEMONKEY, uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#CHEESEMONKEY) Synonym of cheese-eating surrender monkey.
   • 2003 March 13, Orchid, “OT: naked war protests”, in alt.games.diablo‎ (Usenet), retrieved 23 August 2022:

     > Ahem, I'm not French ;-)
     
     Darn, right you're not! You used to be a pure cheese monkey. Now, you're simply pure spud.

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   • 2004 June 20, Jones, “OK, so no WMD and now no link between Iraq and Al-q. My question is........”, in rec.music.beatles‎ (Usenet), retrieved 23 August 2022:

     You'll notice a common cause among all international liberals--the sheep fucker in Australia (192 Day Road, Sydney), the cheese monkey in France, John Kerry--they're all together somehow, all operating along similar lines of force. Is it love of America that unites them? No? Then what is it?

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   • 2004 September 18, Roedy Green, “Bush isolates more and more the USA in front of the world”, in alt.politics.bush‎ (Usenet), retrieved 23 August 2022:

     Republicans don't deny Bush has isolated the USA. However, they say "Fuck the world. Fuck the UN. The French are surrendering cheese monkeys. The Canadian are cheeseheads, the .... "

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   • 2007 May 7, dapra, “The French Revolution”, in us.military.army‎ (Usenet), retrieved 23 August 2022:

     > Vive la France!
     >
     
     Viva for the cheese monkeys? That's how you must have call them in 2003.

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   • 2013, Jock Cranley, quotee, Grand Theft Auto V‎, scene: Blaine County Talk Radio:

     So what I'm gonna propose as governor of this state is that we plan a massive invasion force and go ahead and invade France. Because if there's one country we can beat in a goddamn arm-wrestle it's them limp-wristed patronizing cheese monkeys.

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