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cheese-eating surrender monkey

cheese-eating surrender monkey noun: a French person.

Noun

cheese-eating surrender monkey (plural cheese-eating surrender monkeys)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) A French person.
    • Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys!1995 April 30, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Groundskeeper Willie (Dan Castellaneta)
    • In turn, we British may feel disillusioned with what's left of the special relationship, increasingly out of sympathy with American attitudes, and rather more in sympathy with the cheese-eating surrender monkeys and their friends across the Channel.2003 April 12, Alexander Chancellor, “Europe still matters”, in The Guardian

Examples of cheese-eating surrender monkey in a sentence

  • IN PRAISE OF CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS OR WASHINGTON FUNDAMENTALISTS VS PARISIAN MONKEYS2005, Stephen Chan, Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War, →ISBN, page 134:
  • If it is, we sure don't need cheese-eating surrender monkeys in the Kaw River Valley!2008, Sara Paretsky, Bleeding Kansas, →ISBN, page 170:
  • Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies, we look for a middle way.2006 July 5, Timothy Garton Ash, “Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies”, in The Guardian, retrieved 31 May...
  • Groundskeeper Willie called us cheese-eating surrender monkeys: he almost had it right.[2009, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 16:

Synonyms of cheese-eating surrender monkey

Forms of cheese-eating surrender monkey

pluralcheese-eating surrender monkeys

Origin of cheese-eating surrender monkey

Coined by American television writer and producer Ken Keeler in 1995, for the television series The Simpsons. Derived from the stereotype of the French being quick to surrender and the fact that cheese is a delicacy in France.

Words formed from cheese-eating surrender monkey

Questions about cheese-eating surrender monkey

What does cheese-eating surrender monkey mean?
Cheese-eating surrender monkey means a French person.
How do you use cheese-eating surrender monkey in a sentence?
IN PRAISE OF CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS OR WASHINGTON FUNDAMENTALISTS VS PARISIAN MONKEYS
What part of speech is cheese-eating surrender monkey?
Cheese-eating surrender monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of cheese-eating surrender monkey?
The plural of cheese-eating surrender monkey is cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

Words near cheese-eating surrender monkey in the dictionary

  1. cheese-box
  2. cheese-boxes
  3. cheese-eater
  4. cheese-eaters
  5. cheese-eating
  6. cheese-eating surrender monkey
  7. cheese-eating surrender monkeys
  8. cheese-head
  9. cheese-heads
  10. cheese-less
  11. cheeseable

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