yard ape

yard ape (plural yard apes)

1. (slang, derogatory) An unruly child.
   • 2007, Sandra Chastain, Debra Leigh Smith, Martha L. Crockett, On Grandma's Porch

     “Get outta my clean kitchen with those dirty feet, you yard apes!” Yard apes were unruly children.

   • 2008, Teresa C. Smith, Raising Warrior Queens (page 18)

     I went to Donna's little girl's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and had to listen to those screaming yard apes for an hour.

2. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
   • 1997, Lewis R. Gordon, Existence in Black

     Crude American racists often refer to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."

   • 1997, "Sum1 Sumwhere", Why Africa cannot afford to be Weak (on newsgroup alt.politics.nationalism.black)

     Can't you yard apes think of anything original to cry about?