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  • This is a FALSE blended word - a mixture of entomology and etymology. They refer to the study of insects and words respectively.

    March 26, 2009

  • Suggested meaning: "the study of words that bug you" (thanks, Hans Krimm!)

    June 17, 2011

  • Ha!

    June 17, 2011

  • Used in https://xkcd.com/1991/. Context doesn't clarify whether the author meant etymology or entomology.

    May 9, 2018

  • Uncertainty is part of the joke

    May 12, 2018