yard ape

plural yard apes

1. derogatoryslangAn unruly child.

   “Get outta my clean kitchen with those dirty feet, you yard apes!” Yard apes were unruly children.

   2007, Sandra Chastain, Debra Leigh Smith, Martha L. Crockett, On Grandma's Porch

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   "Yard apes!" yelled Ramona, her name for the sort of boys who always got the best balls, who were always first on the playground, and who chased their soccer balls through other people's hopscotch games.

   1981, Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8

   I went to Donna's little girl's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and had to listen to those screaming yard apes for an hour.

   2008, Teresa C. Smith, Raising Warrior Queens, page 18

2. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurA black person.

   Can't you yard apes think of anything original to cry about?

   1997, Sum1 Sumwhere, “Why Africa cannot afford to be Weak”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet)

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   Crude American racists often refer to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."

   1997, Lewis R. Gordon, Existence in Black

   It was a great Academy Award show this year, where the totally niggerfree movie Titanic won no less than 11 Academy Awards. It's a really great movie running 3h14min and not a single solitary yard ape in sight.

   1998 March 29, Gilbert T. Sullivan, “Titanic: Niggerfree movie won 11 Ocsars”, in alt.evil (Usenet)