Why a banana? A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object. The object was shaped like the yellow fruit: the banana.

　　Top banana still is used mainly in show business. Yet the expression can also be used to describe the top person in any area.

　　A kingpin is another word for an important person. The expression comes from the game of bowling. The kingpin is the number one pin. If hit correctly with the bowling ball, the kingpin will make all the other nine pins fall. And that is the object of the game.

　　So, the most important person in a project or business is the kingpin. If the kingpin is removed, the business or project is likely to fail.

　　Kingpin is often used to describe an important criminal, or the leader of a criminal gang. A newspaper may report, for example, that police have arrested the suspected kingpin of a car-stealing operation.

　　This Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Marilyn Christiano. Im Warren Scheer

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