Definition of "cooties" [cooties]

• Plural form of cootie. (noun)

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• "I'm willing to bet that almost everybody reading this has at some point in their childhood teasingly accused someone of giving them 'cooties' - or has been on the other end, as the one being accused."
• "The U.S. "cooties" policy with respect to Hamas is going to look quite silly in the region after the "cooties" policy with respect to the Muslim Brotherhood has been dropped, and there seems little prospect that a democratically elected Egyptian government will collaborate with such a "cooties" policy, with or without the Muslim Brotherhood."
• "Aquaman is a man of action, and The Atom is a little more cautious, leading to a moment where The Atom explains a scientific theory in the same tone he would talk to a child with ADD, even going so far as to referring to the diseased cells as "cooties":"