cootie

1. (British Army, Canada, US, colloquial, dated, slang)A louse (Pediculus humanus).

2. (Australia, Canada, US, childish, colloquial, usually 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.

3. (rare)A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).

4. (rare, slang)A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

1. Tom has cooties.

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2. Tom is scared of cooties.

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3. Kids are told they're going to catch "cooties" if they play with the opposite sex.

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4. Did you know that George Bush's bush has cooties?

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5. What? You played with Jim? Eww, you're gonna get cooties.

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