The 1931 Marx Brothers film Monkey Business cemented the term in pop culture as the brothers wreaked havoc on a transatlantic ocean liner.

Beyond software, the theme of "Monkey Business" has a rich history in media:

The term itself was born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe . It captures the clever, unpredictable, and often chaotic nature of primates, which humans then applied to their own playful (or dubious) actions. Digital and PC Context