monkey
noun
any of more than 250 species of simian primates belonging to the two distinct lines of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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That is consistent with the idea that something out there actually is monkeying with masculinity.
From Economist ● Dec. 6, 2012