Diseases that the opposite sex has that gives you a reason to not be around them. When you get older, cooties becomes known as "STDs."
Age 8: "Ewww... She has cooties, I can't talk to her!"
Age 15: "Ewww... She has herpes, I can't sleep with her!"
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US slang that references childhood:
Cooties are an imaginary affliction from childhood.
When children reach the age where they notice the sexes are different the children claim a member of the opposite opposite sex will give you "cooties" if they touch you.
Its a way of little girls telling other little girls not to play with boys and vice versa
You played with little Jimmy? Ooow, your going to get cooties.
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An age-old disease only found in young children. all children have this disease, but the boys have a different type than the girls. because of this, touching or being touhed by a member of the opposite sex is fatal, since you have gotten their cooties.
Don't touch that girl, she'll give you cooties!
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The metaphysical manifestation of the fear of social backlash resulting from association with the opposite sex during childhood.
In short, the other sex has them, you can get them, and you do not want them.
(Josh is seen with Katie.)
Boys: Eww, Josh has cooties!
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Imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool.
Ew, get away from me, you have cooties!
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Cooties are negatively charged particles. They are not the same as germs, or else they would not have different names. If you get too close to a cootie source you may be sucked into a cootie force field. Therefore stay away from all cootie sources i.e. boys.
I cannot come in contact with George because I do not want to be trapped in a forcefield of cooties.
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evil pests that dwell in the cooter.
Stay away from that bitch nigga, she got them cooties.
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