cooties
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- IPA /ˈkuːtiz/
Noun
cooties noun
- A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- (usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).“I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.”
- A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
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bugsfleasscabiesworm fevercoxsackieviruschildhood leukemiapseudomeningitisparasitic diseasego-backsmorgellonspuppy pregnancy syndromediseasepseudomycosischildhood obesitylurgywater pox
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