Where do humbugs like to live?

Answer 1

There is no such animal as a humbug. Humbug is an archaic term meaning "hoax", or "jest". While the term was first attested in 1751 in student slang, its etymology is unknown. It is known, however, that it was used as profanity centuries ago, in places such as Great Britain. Its present meaning as an exclamation is closer to "nonsense", or "gibberish", while as a noun, a humbug refers to a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. In modern usage, the word is probably most associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens. His famous reference to Christmas, "Bah! Humbug!", declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is heard afresh every year around Christmas time when the perennial favorite, A Christmas Carol, is played on stage or TV. P. T. Barnum was a master of humbug, creating public sensations and fascination with his masterful sense of publicity. Many of his promoted exhibitions were obvious fakes, but the paying public enjoyed viewing them, either to scoff or for the wonder of them. If the word humbug enjoyed contemporary usage, it would likely be applied to supermarket tabloids and the publicity industry. In several East-Indian dialects, the word is borrowed from English, and used to mean "to deceive" or "to cheat". In Australian Aboriginal English, humbug means "to pester or annoy." * Both meanings of the term were used for comic effect in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Blackadder's first line is "Humbug, humbug!", which is heard by Mr Baldrick in the streets, making it seem as if he is in a foul mood. However, Blackadder enters his shop with a bag of sweets, saying kindly "Humbug, Mr. Baldrick?". * In Norton Juster's book The Phantom Tollbooth, the Humbug is anthropomorphized as an insectlike character who makes grandiose claims about himself and his ancestry. ("As my great-great grandfather, George Washington Humbug used to say--") * In Charles Dickens's Great Expectations about old ladies and the gentleman at Mrs Havisham's young Pip said "... the snowplough conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs". * Graham Cluley's computer game Humbug contains a mint humbug. * The Little Humbugs - little people, part human, part bug, from the forest are sent by Mother Nature to teach the human world that they need to start looking after the the environment - are creations are from children's author/illustrator Marghanita Hughes.[2]. * Near the end of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), when the Wizard is exposed as a fraud, the angry scarecrow denounces him, "You humbug!" The wizard meekly acknowledges, "You're right, I am a humbug." The wizard's Kansas alter ego, Professor Marvel, was also a humbug. * Shreveport, Louisiana is home to the 2-108th Cavalry Squadron, the reconnaissances element of the 256th Infantry Brigade. Three of the squadron's four Cavalry Troops are located at 400 East Stoner Ave. in a historic armory known as "Fort Humbug" due to the Confederate Army Burning logs to look like cannons and placing them along the Red River. This caused Union iron clad ships sailing north on the Red River to be tricked into turning back South. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug"

Answer 2

Bah Humbug is a term which means 'Nonsense', so whoever told you that it was a bug was lying! Unless there actually is, but I highly doubt it. Maybe you should research it further!

Answer 3

They like to live in the ground