A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
Used in a Sentence
monty
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for monty.
Editorial note
If you have the monty and the means why wouldn't you do it?
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Quick take
A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for monty.
noun
A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
Example sentences
If you have the monty and the means why wouldn't you do it?
So much, in fact, Monty still wants it after having sold the company for an obscene amount of money.
Another contrarian view: if Oracle does do to MySQL what Monty warns about this may accelerate interest in GPLed forks, e.g.
If people still do quote Monty Python, I think it's a culty minority or people who study media.
> If you have the monty and the means why wouldn't you do it?
The video here from Monty Montgomery of xiph.org does a nice job of explaining things without in a way that reduces the confusion.
Edit: Lawfully purchased monty python DVDs doubly support this point of view.
When my boy was five we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail together...many times since I bought the DVD.
I grew up in the 00s and, from my perspective, I see Monty Python as belonging to my grandparent's generation.
Who even needs middle-school grammar when you can have Monty Python?
Yeah this article got me confused because I had Monty in my head telling me different things then what I read here.
No one in my age group commonly quotes Monty Python.
Quote examples
I feel for Monty in that his "baby" is now under the control of some other entity.
> b) It seems like all of the concern is Monty wanting to wrestle back control so he's assured of a non-"pure" open source business model (which MySQL used to generate revenue in the past.
This reminds me of the Monty Python sketch: "This is a dog license, with the word "dog" crossed out and "cat" written in in crayon.
I see a lot of people using "informal" bayesian reasoning (meaning a lot of talk about priors and updating and reference to theorems but never any use of actual distributions beyond super-super-cursory examples applied to trivial situations like the boy/girl thing here or stuff like the monty hall problem).
Proper noun examples
Monty was perfectly happy to take a billion dollars of Sun's shareholder's money for his company.
Monty, you could always buy MySQL back if you care that much.
While this isn't Monty's concern, it is mine.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use monty in a sentence?
If you have the monty and the means why wouldn't you do it?
What does monty mean?
A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.
What part of speech is monty?
monty is commonly used as noun.