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Where did the term “Go Bananas” come from?


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SoulRising offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (3 minutes after post)

The third King Kong movie, I believe it won him an academy award.

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Kalorok offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (32 minutes after post)

lol i like Dane Cook’s “Banana Sandwich”

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Firefly27 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Waldorf, MD, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (51 minutes after post)

According to www.englishdaily626.com, it comes from the fact that “when apes are given a bunch of bananas, they eat them with tremendous enthusiasm, as though they’ve lost their minds.”

I don’t know if this is true, but after reading this question, I was intrigued enough to Google it a little and found that etymology.

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