2006-10-06 04:41:19 · 10 answers · asked by Rachel H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Cooties is an American and Canadian slang term generally used by children to denote an unspecified state of repulsion, particularly towards another person, usually of the opposite sex ("Ugh, she has cooties!") Originally the term meant body lice, but over the generations this became generalised first to any sort of lice, including head lice, then later still to purely imaginary stand-ins for just about anything that is considered repulsive.
2006-10-06 04:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by BlondeBarbie 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, after looking it up in the dictionary, there isn't a listing for it. But I "do" know that as a child (40) years ago, that word was used when a child would "touch" another child, and the one who was touched would say, "don't touch me, I don't want to get your coody's!" And it (coody's) are assumed to be germs. Hope this helped.
2006-10-06 12:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by Republican!!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to people with heavy colds or flu, Coodys are young people who hang around street corners and generally annoy older people. To you and I of course these young people are Hoodies because of what they are and what they wear.....
2006-10-06 12:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by brian l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool hoodys.
2006-10-06 13:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cooties are imaginary lice.
2006-10-06 11:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cooties?? as in "ewww he has cooties?" They used to be the slang for lice.
2006-10-06 11:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by obuprincess 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean "cooties"?
Cooties are body lice
2006-10-06 11:45:35 · answer #7 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's another name for germs, used mostly by little kids.
2006-10-06 11:43:04 · answer #8 · answered by sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's what you get from boys in elementary school.
2006-10-06 11:43:38 · answer #9 · answered by just me 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A slang for little vermits that live on your body...........
2006-10-06 11:44:12 · answer #10 · answered by pikeruss 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋