Bug

What “Bug” means

Noun

1. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
2. Any motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.
3. Any minibeast.
4. Any minibeast.
5. Any minibeast.

Verb

1. To annoy.
2. To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
3. To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
4. To bulge or protrude.
5. To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.

Where the word comes from

First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a “bedbug”), from earlier bugge (“beetle”), from Middle English bugge (“scarecrow, hobgoblin”) which is traced alternatively to: * a Celtic root found in Scots bogill (“goblin, bugbear”) and obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat, fear”) and Middle Irish bocanách (“supernatural being”). * Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge (“goblin, snot”). * or to a word related to buck and originally referring to a goat-shaped spectre. For the “insect” meaning the assonance with Middle English budde (“beetle”), from Old English budda, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdō, from Proto-Germanic *buzdô, from the same ultimate source as above, might have played a role. Compare Low German Budde (“louse, g

Business name ideas with “Bug”

Industries where “Bug” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Pest Control Business
• Exterminating and Pest Control Services