cause there is a bug in a house
Why is Bughouse called Bughouse?
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deadlybird wrote:
I'm just wondering why Bughouse is called Bughouse
maybe you should read the history of bughouse
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yeah there is no bug in the house there are 4 people in the house
I don’t wonder but bug house is a type of chess game and it is called bug house and we play chess and it sounds weird and why
Written by hakshayking 
and why is a type of chess called bug house when there’s no bugs in the house except the ones that are playing + there isn’t a house either
written by Hakshayking
Bughouse, a chess variant, is named "bughouse" because its fast-paced, chaotic nature, with pieces being passed between players and dropped onto the board, can resemble the activity in an insane asylum, also known as a "bughouse" in slang. The term "bughouse" is a slang term for an insane asylum, and the game's unpredictable and frantic gameplay is likened to the perceived chaos within such an institution.
DOB-REX wrote:
Bughouse, a chess variant, is named "bughouse" because its fast-paced, chaotic nature, with pieces being passed between players and dropped onto the board, can resemble the activity in an insane asylum, also known as a "bughouse" in slang. The term "bughouse" is a slang term for an insane asylum, and the game's unpredictable and frantic gameplay is likened to the perceived chaos within such an institution.
this is from 19th century American slang - bughouse, a bug-infested place, that's what they called a mental hospital where you could spend the night and get food
I'm just wondering why Bughouse is called Bughouse