Etymology

monkeywrenching

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Today it means: The commission of usually illegal but nonviolent acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism. Full definition →

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The story

From monkey wrench + -ing, popularized by environmental activist Edward Abbey in the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.