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cooties
noun
an imaginary disease or infestation that could be transmitted by close contact, thus creating a stigma for the person who is said to have it US, 1971
A children’s corruption of the older sense of the term (a body louse).- Get your cooties off me. — American Graffiti, 1973
- Pretend you’re a missionary saving a colony of cootie victims. — Heathers, 1988
- More than mouthwash would be required to slay those cooties. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 39, 1993
- You can use my straw, I don’t have kooties. — Pulp Fiction, 1994
- The tight-lipped way Peggy eked out the words placenta previa made it sound as if Karen had contracted crabs or cooties. — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 66, 1999
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