code monkey

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

code monkey (plural code monkeys)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A computer programmer.

Usage notes

• When code monkey is used with a derogatory tone, it generally implies that the programmer in question writes uninspired, boilerplate code at someone else's initiative.

Translations

a computer programmer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 程序猿 (zh) (chéngxùyuán), 碼農／码农 (zh) (mǎnóng)

• French: pisseur de code m
• Polish: klepacz kodu m
• Russian: быдлокодер m (bydlokoder)
• Spanish: picacódigo m
• Swedish: kodapa c