full monty

[mon-tee]

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

1. the, the whole thing; everything that is wanted or needed.

   At the press briefing, the reporters got the full monty.

full monty

/ ˈmɒntɪ /

noun

1. informal,  something in its entirety

Word History and Origins

Origin of full monty¹

1985–90; origin uncertain; perhaps from Montague Burton, British tailors, with reference to the purchase of a full (3-piece) suit as being “the full Monty”

Word History and Origins

Origin of full monty¹

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

He told The Saturday Show on BBC Radio Scotland that he believes he was a victim of newspapers listening into his phone messages in the 1990s, when he was at the height of his Trainspotting and The Full Monty fame.

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It ended in 2018 and since then Carlyle has worked almost exclusively in the UK in shows such as the TV version of The Full Monty and last year's Toxic Town, which was written by Jack Thorne, the man behind Netflix smash hit Adolescence as well as The Hack.

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"I'm blessed that there was a couple of things that I did back then in the 90s - one of them was Trainspotting and the other one's the Full Monty," he says.

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The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle plays Sam Hagen, a then-Corby Borough Councillor and Downton Abbey's Brendan Coyle, who is from Corby originally, stars as Roy Thomas, a fictional amalgams of several people from the authority.

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Next up: “The Full Monty,” a U.K.-set 1997 ensemble movie that was nominated for four Oscars, two behind “Anora.”

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