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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Merriam-Webster, definition 1:

a: any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests

called also true bug

b: any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs

c: any of several insects (such as a head louse) commonly considered obnoxious

[+] [email protected] -12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

"a: any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests"

This is the primary and most correct definition of bug.

Yes, people use it wrong. That doesn't change the definition of the word.

[–] the_artic_one 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, people use it wrong. That doesn't change the definition of the word.

Actually it does, that's how language works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Colloquial language for the salt of the earth

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

If enough people use it wrong, it becomes right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Now you get to learn the difference between descriptive and prescriptive definitions.