Thank you Merriam-Webster Word of the Day!
earwig \EER-wig\ verb: to annoy or attempt to influence by private talk
Example sentence:
"[He] earwigged the small man at the cheese conference, asking him to take the lead in banning string cheese advertising from the internet."
Did you know?
Earwigs are small insects that were once thought to crawl into the ears of sleeping people. This isn't true - earwigs prefer moist, dark places under leaves and rocks to human ears - but the superstition led people to name the insect "iarwicga," Old English for "ear insect." Over time, people connected the idea of having an insect in one's ear to situations that involve whispering or speaking privately into someone's ear. The noun "earwig" came to also mean "a whispering busybody" (though this sense is now considered archaic), and the verb "earwig" evolved to refer to the acts of such meddlers.
I get these emails everyday and really I can't use the words they send. That is until today! Earwig, it all makes sense now. Thank you Merriam-Webster Word of the Day!
PS The lady on The Biggest Loser looks like Demi Moore, except with giant arms.
