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banana problem n. Not knowing where or when to bring a production or operation to a close.

Example Citation:
"Right now the publishing industry has a banana problem with books about hackers: it can't seem to stop publishing them."
—Mark Edwards, "The post-modem world," Sunday Times, February 7, 1993

Notes:
This phrase comes from the story of the little girl who said, "I know how to spell 'banana,' I just don't know when to stop."

Related Words:
BANANA
binary problem
cockroach problem
nailing jelly to a tree
toy problem

Subject Category:
Sociology - General

Posted on January 23, 1996
Updated on January 23, 1996


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