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Loading... A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the boogeyman (or bugaboo or babau or cucuy), and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children.
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The name “bugbear” is derived from an old Celtic word “bug” for evil spirit or goblin. Bugbears are a massive humanoid race that are distantly related to, but larger and stronger than, goblins and hobgoblins. They resemble hairy, feral goblins standing 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall.
In fact, based on its earliest known uses, bugbear began as an all-purpose word for things that cause fear or dread, not just supernatural beasties. This sense is still in use today, alongside the closely related sense of “a continuing source of irritation or annoyance.”.
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Sep 28, 2017 · bugbear (n.) "something that causes terror," especially needless terror, 1580s, a sort of demon in the form of a bear that eats small children, also "object of dread" (whether real or not), from obsolete bug "goblin, scarecrow" (see bug (n.)) + bear (n.).
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The name "bugbear" most likely comes from the Middle English word "bugge", meaning something frightening, or the Old Scots word "bogill" meaning goblin. It may also be related to the origins of the word "bogeyman", "boggart", or "bugaboo". The word "bugbear" is also an idiom for a persistent or annoying problem.
Like the Bogeyman, bugbears vary wildly in appearance between different cultures and timeframes, though usually bugbears are depicted as large, frightening and/or ugly humanoid beasts with sharp teeth, claws, and horns, sometimes with tails thick, shaggy fur. In Medieval England it was described as being an actual bear, albeit a hideous and evil on...
Although the Bugbear of legend is somewhat rare today its legacy continues in the word, which has become a broad term for the bogeyman in general. Many works of modern fantasy themed media today contain bugbears, where they are depicted as minor antagonists usually related to goblins and similar creatures— in the Dungeons & Dragonsroleplaying game ...
Delay has been a bugbear of the new town from its inception. Surely, in these days of modern and sympathetic administration, too much is made of the bugbear of a means test. The biggest bugbear to many private soldiers is the possibility of being accosted by a military policeman.
May 15, 2017 · Some variations on “bug” were archaically used to refer to goblins (i.e. fairies that like to fuck with people), so a “bugbear” is a scary bear, or even specifically a goblin-bear, in late medieval English.
