"Mark Brader" wrote in message
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Lloyd Sponenburgh writes:
I know this trivia ... but most don't.

That's what you think.

WHAT does it mean to "freeze the balls off a brass monkey"?

The answer is that if this phrase ever referred to anything specific,
it's no longer known for sure.

Nope, it has a quite definite etymology, but a rather exotic one.

LLoyd