"Love bug"

[Wilson Gray]

I've always understood "love bug" to refer to a mythical insect whose
bite causes a person - will-he, nill-he - to fall in love. A popular
R&B song of my youth discussed this very phenomenon.

However, as my wife uses the term, "love bug" refers to a being, human
or otherwise, that desires and enjoys "loving," i.e. being fondled,
stroked, petted, tickled, etc. She often applies it to our kitties.

Of course, I'm also familiar with "Love Bug" as the title of a movie
featuring a VW beetle or "bug.".

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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