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-Great Cultural Revolution
Bug experts get rid of the name 'gypsy moth'
2021-07-10
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Entomological Society of America is looking for a new name for the insect

  • President said it was an 'ethnic slur' that had been rejected by Romani people

  • She also argued that 'no one wanted to be associated with an invasive pest'

Maybe we should just call it the Rose Lee Moth and everybody will know what we meant?
Posted by:Fred

#13  Driveway Sealing Moth?
Posted by: SteveS   2021-07-10 21:12  

#12  Perceiving the wokusts were wroth,
Their mouthparts agnash and afroth,
Bug-eyed scientists pled,
"Racists, please use instead,
'Begging, thieving, and child-selling moth!'"
Posted by: Unomose Spawn of the Bunions5019   2021-07-10 20:57  

#11  How about "Romani Moth"?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2021-07-10 10:57  

#10  Tommie Lee Moth - infects drug-addled bimbos
Robert E. Lee Moth - takes over & obsesses the minds of Wokerati
Rose McGowan Moth - destroys brain cells
Posted by: Ebberemble Ulugum5395   2021-07-10 10:47  

#9  My recent issue of Smithsonian magazine details an effort by The Audubon Society to-rename several species of birds because the current names reflect that those who discovered them were slave owners or other now undesirable traits. Woke infiltrates nature.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2021-07-10 09:22  

#8  Will they be renaming the de Havilland DH.60 Moth also?

Well, that was called 'Gipsy' because of the engine
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-07-10 09:03  

#7  I'm partial to

Ubat Gegat

Has kinda a ring to it.

Posted by: Bugs Thromorong1675   2021-07-10 08:37  

#6  Some more appropriate names:
The Blue State Moth
The Woke Moth
The Parasitic Tax and Spend Moth
The Dominion Moth
Posted by: Airandee   2021-07-10 08:30  

#5  Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. Same thing.
Posted by: Fred   2021-07-10 04:20  

#4  Whom the Gods wish to destroy - they infect with political correctness.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-10 03:44  

#3  This is my favorite Van Halen song, for what it's worth. Great guitar work and it sounds, well melodic and pleasant.
Posted by: Raj   2021-07-10 00:32  

#2  Rose Lee Moth? Gimme David Lee Roth instead!
Posted by: Raj   2021-07-10 00:23  

#1  Ah, the bug was named *after* gypsies. Here I thought it was because the moth *infested* gypsies. You know, like carpet beetles and carpets, or fruit flies and fruit. It's all clear now.

I like Rose Lee Moth. It's more dignified than Hubba-Hubba Moth.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-07-10 00:09  

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