A place where maggots are bred for use as bait by anglers. Cf. maggotry n. 2.

1958 Observer 23 Nov. 23/7 All maggotoriums will dye their produce to order, the favourite shades being lemon yellow, blue, violet or Brunswick Brown.

1963 Brisbane Tel. 29 May 9/1 Mr Murgett’s Maggotorium‥is to close down. For years, Mr. Frank Murgett bred grubs at his factory for anglers throughout Britain.

1990 Independent 9 June 53/6 Even Silcock’s hi-tech maggotorium won’t get through the eye of the EC needle.

“One thing you learn from reading the history of Rome is that the imperial bargain is a tough one. You get glory. But you pay dearly for it. The middle class is destroyed…and the country goes broke. That’s the destiny of empires.”

—Bill Bonner

Odd and very annoying. One of my Facebook friends mentioned Lady Gaga. Another said the word “gaga” in a post, with no relevance to the celebrity at all. So Facebook puts in my news feed “Friend Name and Friend Name posted about Lady Gaga”—as if that, in itself, were newsworthy. It would make a bit more sense if I “liked” Lady Gaga, but I don’t (because I don’t).

Then, when I posted my cranky discontent, my post, too, was grouped under the same heading, rather than as a normal part of the news feed.

With G+ in the wings, Facebook should think twice about doing shitty, spammy things.

And by the way, if I were the advertiser being sold this feature, I’d have enough common sense to recognize the risk. It would be a great way to amplify negative comments about a brand, or do use the brand name in really unfavorable contexts.