People often give funny nicknames to the inhabitants of their homes. The owners of the pests give offensive nicknames or associate them with similar phenomena, things. Why cockroaches are called stasics, there are several versions.
Cockroach nickname on behalf of Stanislav
During the prosperity of the nobility among the venerable gentlemen, it was customary to wear a long hussar mustache. They were starchy and gave a twisted shape. At that time, the name Stanislav was popular among men. The small insect also could boast of its long antennae, so they began to call the cockroach Stasik, as a diminutive form of the original name.
Old joke
People often invent ridiculous funny stories that they then pass on to each other verbally. So jokes are born. In one of the “bearded” jokes of a cockroach, their name is Stasik. In the story, an insect runs past a wolf sick from a hangover. The wolf inquired about the name of the cockroach. To which he replied that his name was Stasik. The wolf began to complain about his sore head and crushed the barbel on emotions.
The meaning of the joke is not entirely clear, but the absurdity of the situation makes it funny. Among those people who heard this humorous story, there are no problems with coming up with a name for the cockroaches who settled in their apartment.
Translated from french
Linguists and philologists love to dig deep in search of the origin of the word. And so it happened with representatives of cockroaches. Looking at the photo of the stasiks, their mustache attracts all the attention. And translated from many foreign languages, the word "mustache" has an ending that is consonant with the nickname:
- translated from French, mostaccio sounds like "bridasio";
- the Italian version of mustacchi is pronounced mustachi;
- in English mustache sounds like "mastach";
- the Greek word mustak is also consonant with previous translations.
On a note!
Using these data, linguists argue that the cool name for the ginger pest originates from other languages.
Obscene comparison
Given the great hostility to the mustachioed pest, people can call them swear words. One version of the origin of the nickname "stas" is an abridged version of an abusive word denoting homosexual people. For the same reason, they called stasiks pubic licethat homosexuals infected in prisons.
Other nicknames
Redheads are called the Prusakspointing to the country from which they could spread. There is no reliable data on this fact, but this name has taken root, and even in textbooks it is found.
The people call cockroaches saffron milk, focusing on its color. The nickname Zhorik is given a barbel for another reason - he has a good appetite and eats everything that comes in his way. The fantasy of people is inexhaustible, therefore it is impossible to list all the nicknames for the pest.
As a child, he always called cockroaches Stasiks, but he never wondered where such a nickname came from. Now I will know all versions of its origin.