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cootie
cootie
English
Noun
cootie (plural cooties)
- (dated, British Army military slang) A louse.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A louse.
- 1921, L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside
- "Tell Rilla I'm glad her war-baby is turning out so well, and tell Susan that I'm fighting a good fight against both Huns and cooties."
- "Mrs. Dr. dear," whispered Susan solemnly, "what are cooties?"
- Mrs. Blythe whispered back and then said in reply to Susan's horrified ejaculations, "It's always like that in the trenches, Susan."
- Susan shook her head and went away in grim silence to re-open a parcel she had sewed up for Jem and slip in a fine tooth comb.
- 1921, L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside
- (Canada, US, colloquial, childish, chiefly 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.
- (rare) A nest-building female American Coot (counterpart to cooter).
- (rare) A slang term for a sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.
Derived terms
Hyponyms
- (germ or contaminant): boy germ, girl germ
Translations
louse — see louse
slang: germs or contaminants
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