By goopeater
 

After a quick visit to Dictionary.com and Wikipedia I've learned something interesting about "bugs." However, the word itself has expanded and evolved to include all the insects, arachnids, etc not as a negative, but just as a quick and easy way to categor

By Sean10M
 

Originally bug was a formal name for only one order of insects (Hemiptera). People started using it to describe all insects and then other land invertebrates as well because its easy to say but I still find it inappropriate and degrading.

By Sean10M
 

Reply: Although bug is often used incorrectly as a general term for them, bug is meant as a term for insects. People expanded it to include arachnids and other land invertebrates but you even called a crab a bug which is still considered incorrect because

By Sean10M
 

PS: Animals like scorpions are not bugs.

By Sean10M
 

Thanks for the comment overload. XD