People who use the word "monkey" to include apes
Yes, I know that monkey is an acceptable generic term for primates in informal speech. But not to me it isn't. Grrrr.

I mean, really, there are only 5 types of ape, it's not difficult...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:06, 6 replies)

j'agree!

(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:06, closed)

'Barbary apes'.
Yes, they don't have tails, but the one fucking species you chavvy tits decide to call an 'ape' and it's the one that is actually a fucking monkey!
( joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:11, closed)

I have a long running semi-row with my other half...
Whenever she watches Monkey World I have to walk away, I have, to date, not seen a single Monkey on that program and when I walk out and come back guess what happens? 'Oh you just missed one'.

I was doing okay with it until a work colleague showed me a mug she'd bought from Monkey World with an ape on it. I mentioned this (Rather grumpilly) to the other half and it really didn't help that she nearly wet herself laughing. ;-)
( JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:40, closed)

Ha yeah and King Louie, the king of the monkeys, is an ape, too
Then again, our Queen is German so perhaps it's a subtle political satire.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 17:20, closed)

This does
get me "slightly annoyed" when I hear it. Not a smuch as when I hear people call bats "flying rodents". This actually does make me interrupt whatever the hell they're talking about and spend several minutes instructing them on the correct usage of the word. Also tossers who say "Hampster" when they mean "Hamster".
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:15, closed)

ook

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 20:48, closed)