Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-banana problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: one-banana prob-lem
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A problem that should be easily resolved.

Slang

Example Sentences

"It's only a one-banana problem at the most; what's taking them so long?"

Etymology

Derived from the idea that trained monkeys can do low-level jobs, working for bananas. It also may come from Sherlock Holmes lore; see three-pipe problem.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

one-banana problems (plural)

Questions

What does one-banana problem mean?: A problem that should be easily resolved.
Where does one-banana problem come from?: Derived from the idea that trained monkeys can do low-level jobs, working for bananas. It also may come from Sherlock Holmes lore; see three-pipe problem.

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