cootie

Example Sentences

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They walked past me as if I had cooties, or stared with disdain from inside the restaurant like I was a chupacabra.

From Los Angeles Times

Higgins, who works in health care and risks covid-19 exposure on the job, sought out activities that give her dedicated time for herself and “not expose other people to all my cooties,” she says.

From Washington Post

“And because they don’t kill you if you have cooties.”

From Literature

And then they would run screaming that they needed to wash their hands because I had given them cooties.

From Washington Post

I couldn’t believe it when she sat next to me, propping her backpack between us so she wouldn’t catch any of my cooties.

From Literature