On 2010-03-26, Luis M Gonz?lez <luis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Webmonkey, Greasemonkey, monkey-patching, Tracemonkey, J?germonkey,
> Spidermonkey, Mono (monkey in spanish), codemonkey, etc, etc, etc...
>
> Monkeys everywhere.
> Sorry for the off topic question, but what does "monkey" mean in a
> nerdy-geek context??
In colloquial English, "<something>-monkey" is a slang term for a
person who does a particular job for a living. For example "grease
monkey" is a slang term for an auto mechanic. A "code monkey" is
somebody who writes code for a living.
It can be slightly derogitory in some situations since it implies that
the task is mechanical and repetitive and doesn't require a lot of
creative thinking.
However, it can be used among peers in an affectionate way. One may
refer to one's peer as "code monkey" without offense, but a manager
could not refer to one of his employees as a "code monkey" without
risking it being seen as an insult.
Many people are accustomed to speaking anthopomorphically about
computers and programs, so when somebody writes a program that does
"foo", the name "foo monkey" seems natural for that program.
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