In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the Bandar-log are a tribe of monkeys known for being reckless, chattering, and lacking serious purpose; often used to describe disorganized, chaotic groups.
From Hindi bandar (monkey) plus log (people). Kipling created this as a fictional word for his stories, blending Hindi vocabulary. The term has entered English as a reference to monkeys or chaotic crowds.
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