bregma 3 days ago

It's also more moth than reality.

Moths are, technically [0], not bugs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera

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  • direwolf20 3 days ago

    I don't think there's a precise scientific definition of "bug"

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    • peaseagee 3 days ago

      Yes and no. There's a group called "true bugs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera as linked above). "Bug" in the common sense doesn't have a precise definition (small arthropod that may or may not be a pest to humans is about as precise as I feel I can get), but there _is_ a scientific definition of "true bug".

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      • eloisant 3 days ago

        So moths are not bugs because they're "true bugs"? How does it make sense?

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        • ktm5j 3 days ago

          Apparently they're not "true bugs", the comment you replied to isn't claiming that they are.

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  • rkomorn 3 days ago

    This is the kind of response I appreciate. Thank you!

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vidarh 3 days ago

The actual story is not myth. It just isn't the origin of the term.

Hopper's note didn't suggest the word was new, but was funny exactly because it was not.

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  • rkomorn 3 days ago

    Right, good correction. It's the origin part that's the myth.

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