![]() The alphabetical theme extends not just to the name of the featured kid and his or her key characteristic ("Angry Abby," "Catastrophic Coco," "Kicking Ken"), but also to the verses themselves, which take alliteration to tongue-twisting heights (the "Terrible Twins" "terrorize their timid sisters/ Trash the house like tiny twisters"). This expression and its alternative, monkey about, allude to the playful behavior and curiosity associated with monkeys.Twenty-six poems, bracketed by an intro and a cautionary valedictory, showcase a collection of troublesome tykes. Monkey around To fool around to waste time or loaf to engage in aimless activities also monkey around with, to tinker or play with something, usually out of curiosity to interfere with to tamper with. ![]() The current British sense of this term ‘legerdemain, jugglery, sleight of hand’ was apparently the original meaning of hanky-panky, thought to be related to the similar rhyming compound hocus-pocus or its variant hokey-pokey. Hanky-panky Monkey business, shenanigans, mischief any illegal or unethical goings-on colloquially often used for philandering or adultery. ![]() Now the gremlin seems to be extending its sphere of operations, so that the term can be applied to almost anything that inexplicably goes wrong in human affairs. Gremlins are mythical creatures who are supposed to cause trouble such as engine failures in aeroplanes, a curious piece of whimsy-whamsy in an activity so severely practical as flying.
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