full monty

Meaning

Noun

1. (British, colloquial, countable) Everything; the whole package.
2. (British, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Nudity.

Adj

Nude.

Synonyms

caboodle

Etymology

Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping.