So, what exactly were "cooties"?!?!

[StormRider]

When I was little, all the other guys would say "don't touch girls -- they have cooties". Of course, we all know that most guys even when they are very young, actually liked girls. I know that even when I was as young as 5 years old I noticed and was attracted to girls.

But I digress. What I want to know is: What exactly were cooties? Was it referring to mono? Or something else?

 

[NFS4]

Oops, I thought you said coochies

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

you know that crap that's all over your patio stuff after a guy with a leaf blower walks by?

 

[Yzzim]

body lice

Edit: a form of body lice to be just a tad more specific. Not all lice are called "cooties"

 

[TuffGirl]

Girl germs, like I dunno... estrogen?

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

eew, she's got cooties

 

[aphex]

<< Oops, I thought you said coochies

>>



I think their one in the same

 

[docmanhattan]

from webster.com:
One entry found for cootie.
Main Entry: coo·tie
Pronunciation: 'k&uuml;-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps modification of Malay kutu
Date: 1917
: BODY LOUSE

 

[Iron Woode]

Cooties as used today means something that girls usually have and that boys will get if you touch them. This is obviously some socio-psychological phenomena.

The term Cooties as used 3 or more generations ago was slang and meant head-lice.

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

I had always been told lice.

eeeewwwww!

 

[joohang]

<< Oops, I thought you said coochies

>>

 

[sandorski]

Pheromones! Stay away from those creepy things, they cause insanity!!

 

[b0mbrman]

<< Pheromones! Stay away from those creepy things, they cause insanity!! >>


Ha ha...That's so true.

Anyone seen that King of the Hill?

Hank Come on boy, girls have cooties. It's like something they pass on to you.
Bobby You mean like Chlamydia?

 

[Eli]

<< But I digress. What I want to know is: What exactly were cooties? Was it referring to mono? Or something else? >>



lol... mono? lol...

as others have said, it reffers to body lice .. lol

 

[Orsorum]

Body lice, like everyone else has said... yeah, I always liked girls, too. Only in the last few months have they really liked me, though.