cootie
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Many of these are visual: The sorting hat is depicted as an enormous cootie catcher, while butterbeer is represented by beer bottles with Land O’Lakes labels tacked onto them.
From Slate ● May 17, 2018
Lice dancing: Shake, shake, shake, shake your cootie .
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2015
But the weirdest innovation of all is the "combat cootie."
From Time Magazine Archive
During World War I the cootie was a joke to many people who had never been bitten by one.
From Time Magazine Archive
He’d heard the word so often—mostly from Maria—he’d thought it was only a swear word, like dumdum or cootie face.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Getting branded with cooties by those with the power to brand made you an outcast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
These longterm friends suddenly act like the other has cooties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
Tucker either isn’t one to let an international viral scare spoil any party she’s throwing, or she figured her product has enough proof to kill any Coronavirus cooties.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2020
She gives a high-five to a boy in her class even after it is established among her friends that boys have cooties.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
I was fixing to call the dog and go on to school when I heard Grandpa ask Hosie if he had cooties.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
