Yes, folks: cheese mites. CHEESE frickin’ MITES.
This quaint text from the Micrographia Restaurata, &c (1745):
http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/lhl/Hooke1745/page.59.php
And this, from Farthing’s Compendium (July 23, 2006) 
:
http://farthingscompendium.blogspot.com/2006/07/cheese-mite.html
I don’t think I can ever say “a mite peckish” any more.
I hope he had to pay extra for them. 
Nano, where do you find these things? I shall never be able to eat Camembert again.
“Formication” – What an utterly delicious word.
Formication: The illusion or hallucination that ants or other insects are creeping on or under the skin. . . . From the Latin > formicatio> , from > formicare > meaning to creep like an ant. Not to be confused with > fornication> .
What amazes me is that it is apparently a common enough condition that someone thought we needed to have a special word for it and then took the time to make up one.
Use it ten times today, and it’s yours forever. (“How ya doin’, Bob?” “Well, Earl, I’m feeling a little extra formicatious today.”)
In fact, I think formication has taken over as my absolute favorite medical word, replacing the previous favorite hematochezia, which I liked because it falls so trippingly off the tongue (the word, not the actual hematochezia itself). Those of you who are over about 50 might remember Jiminy Cricket singing E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A on the original Mickey Mouse Club, teaching children how to spell encyclopedia. You can sing H-E-M-A-T-O-C-H-E-Z-I-A to the same tune.
And on a side etymological note – formication is from the same root as formic acid – “a colorless pungent fuming vesicant liquid acid CH2O2 found especially in ants and in many plants and used chiefly in dyeing and finishing textiles.”
And another word for ant is pismire, a totally cool word in its own right (Heh, heh, heh – he said pismire). If your ant is of Latin origin it’s a formica, but if your ant is middle English or Scandinavian, it’s a pismire.
1). Oh, formicate the ants, already! (which may or may not be incestuous)
2). They were caught “doing it” on the kitchen counter, and charged with (all together now) FORMICATION! (formica … get it? … its a joke …)
3). I did it out of love formicaty.
4). I bought a new swim suit formication.
5). I’ll be wearing a new waiter’s outfit formicatering.
6). They wouldn’t let me use a camera case formicarion.
7). They make the best Italian bread at the formeria.
8). I dance formicturation.
9). I … er … It was … um … <darn>
djm
It’s a gift. I can’t explain it.
As for Camembert: c’mon. I mean, REALLY. Brie I can understand, but have you actually stopped and smelled Camembert? It’s “lurid”, to bowdlerise what I’m getting at. That it would ever be served in polite mixed company baffles me beyond understanding. I suppose it would serve quite well when consumed while watching naughty videos, though.
Yick.
Well, I can’t believe I was the only one wondering why Formica is called Formica.
Okay, THAT was just bad.
Well hey, sometimes the truth is just not entertaining. What should the dudes have done? Called it Fortwinkle or Forglitter?
I was thinking Forcryinoutloud.
Oh my goodness! The truth can be a revelation! I always wondered why they put the glitter chips in there! It was to imitate the mica!
Mica does glitter, doesn’t it? Hmm, now I’m wondering.
Oh, dear. Now, every time I go into the kitchen . . .
Enough with the formica, already. It was the “formicturation” one that I was particularly proud of. (pee pee dance)
djm
Odd, I was told Formica was made from polymerized formic acid (formic acid getting its name from the fact the acid is commonly found in ant venom) hence the name. The carpenter ant genus is spelled Formica, but the i is pronounced like the i in tin.
Rod
Mica Mica, parva stella
Miror quenam sis tam bella.
(Twinkle, twinkle little star
I wonder why you are so beautiful.)
Well, you know, that is darned odd. I looked it up because I was wondering if there was a connection with the word “formication” which does come from Formica. Something tells me Herbert and Daniel aren’t available to clarify this issue. Here is a link to “melamine” which, when when it reacts with formaldehdye, makes melamine resin which is the main constituent of Formica. I really can’t draw any conclusions from the article myself and my peace of mind has been shattered!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine