cootie

Etymology
Probably from (and/or /). First attested in English in 1917 as British army slang during World War I.

Noun

 * 1)  A louse.
 * 2)  A louse.
 * 3)  Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
 * I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.
 * 1)  A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
 * 2)  A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.
 * 1)  A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

Translations

 * Czech: breberky
 * Danish: drengelus, pigelus
 * Finnish:, tyttöpöpö ; poikabakteeri, poikapöpö
 * Hungarian:, fiúbaci , lánybaci
 * Norwegian: guttelus, jentelus
 * Swedish:, killbacill


 * French:

Etymology 1
Diminutive of possibly influenced by.

Noun

 * 1)  A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use.

Etymology 2
Possibly from.

Adjective

 * 1) Having feathers on the legs.
 * a cootie hen