Tf is "global" supposed to mean?
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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Bed pisser is just mean.
German is not quite correct. We say "Kellerassel".
Keller -> Cellar
Assel -> Isopod
In English isopods qualify as bugs
Did the Dutch confuse them for dandelions?
There is some etymological debate on the subject. Some sources say they were ground to a paste and administered for diuretic effect, the same as the flower.
However it's not a common bit of knowledge or myth, so some etymologists say that the weird has formed in Dutch separately to French.
I know some fancy restaurants have served them as miniature backyard shrimp.
Roly polys or get the fk out! /s
They were Potato Bugs or Ball Bugs for me as a kid, until I heard Roly-poly from a kid at summer camp.
I love these Lil dudes. I have some in the basement and I feel bad to see them scurry around to find darkness whenever a light is turned on. They are my spirit animal.
Does the pissebed eat pissenlits?
I've lived in a few places around the UK and I have never, ever heard of a "cheesy bug".