[ˈkuːti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a body louse
(e.g: it has to be laundered immediately in case of cooties and is then tossed directly into the ironing basket.)

- a children's term for an imaginary germ said to have infected a person of the opposite sex or someone considered socially undesirable
(e.g: he would run around the playground and chase me around and I thought he had cooties)


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Origin:
First World War: perhaps from Malay kutu, denoting a parasitic biting insect