Monkey and Scapegoat

Monkey

Monkey noun - A physiological need for certain drugs.

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Scapegoat and monkey are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scapegoat" instead a noun "Monkey".

Nearby Words: monkeying, monkeyed

Scapegoat noun - A person or thing taking the blame for others.

Usage example: companies often use the economy as a scapegoat to avoid taking responsibility for dropping sales

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Monkey and scapegoat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Monkey" instead a noun "Scapegoat".

female	female monkey	female scapegoat
actual	actual monkey	actual scapegoat
real	real monkey	real scapegoat
new	new monkey	new scapegoat
Other adjectives: official, occasional, literal.

Had the blame for most of the Lannister mistakes been applied to the correct people in the popular mind instead of reaching for the easy "Demon Monkey" scapegoat role they loaded him with, Tywin might have actually taken note and taken pains to include him in later reconstructive efforts.

Source: Deconstructed Trope / A Song of Ice and Fire
In the case of Edmure Tully, fans are divided between seeing him as a can't-do-nothing-right Butt Monkey Leeroy Jenkins or those who feel he's such a woobie that he's made The Scapegoat for Robb Stark's screw-ups.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / A Song of Ice and Fire

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