Complex sentence: It was coined in 1995 by Ken Keeler, a writer for the television series "The Simpsons", and has entered two Oxford quotation dictionaries.It probably owes its existence to the story of Hartlepool fishermen mistaking a monkey for a French sailor and hanging him.
Split into simpler sentences: It was coined in 1995 by Ken Keeler, a writer for the television series "The Simpsons", and has entered two Oxford quotation dictionaries. It is originated probably from the story of Hartlepool fishermen mistaking a monkey for a French sailor and hanging him.