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monkey in the woodpile

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of nigger in the woodpile.

    • The monkey in the woodpile here is the 2.75 rocket, a very costly item, which didn't even enter into these other dollar projections at all but for which we are spending in these 2 years alone $ 400 million, just that one item.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for monkey in the woodpile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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