Despite its name, an earwig won't crawl into your ear; that's an old myth.

Misleading Name

Identify earwigs by their pincers; not all insects with pincers are earwigs.

Physical Traits

Earwigs are often found in moist environments, like under logs or stones.

Natural Habitat

Using 'earwig' as a verb implies eavesdropping or indirectly influencing someone.

Sneaky Conversation

As a verb, 'earwig' is mostly used in the UK and may confuse American English speakers.

English Idiom

'Earwig' as a verb is informal and best suited for casual conversation, not formal writing.

Informal Speech

 There are some more primitive ways of pleasing one's partner. Earwig males have either really large penile appendages or really small ones. It's a very simple genetically inherited trait and the males are not otherwise any different. Those that have long penile appendages

The birds and the bees...

 crawl into your ear at night and tunnel into your brain, but this is false. Sure, an earwig may, on rare occasion, climb into the ear of an unsuspecting sleeper, but, really, who can blame them? Ear canals are warm and dark,

Earwig

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