porch monkey

noun

A lazy black person.

Meanings

nounporch monkey (plural porch monkeys)

plural porch monkeys

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurA lazy black person.

    "[W]e are concerned that outright harassment such as being called nigger, jungle bunny, porch monkey, boy, son, etc., is occurring entirely too much."

    1983 January 14, “Racial incidents, declining sales sour Volkswagen dream”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 6
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    “Look Jake, you need a real partner, you know what I mean, a real white partner, not that overweight porch monkey. . . ; we whites have to stick together.”

    2006, Lee Kohn, Shadows of Rage, →ISBN, page 29

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