Sentence examples for cooties from inspiring English sources


The word 'cooties' is not considered a standard or formal term in written English. It is more commonly used in spoken language, especially among children as a slang term for imaginary germs or bugs that are associated with people who are seen as undesirable or unclean. One example of using 'cooties' in written English could be in a dialogue or informal writing, such as: "Hey, Megan, don't touch him! He probably has cooties!" Alternatively, it can be used creatively in a piece of writing, such as a children's book or a comedic piece. "The hero of our story, Little Billy, bravely fought off the evil cooties that had invaded his classroom, saving his friends from their terrifying grasp."

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cooties

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Plural of cootie

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Treatment Some regions treat cooties via use of cootie catchers, made of folded paper.

(for "cootie protection") on hands, or occasionally sneakers, can boost immunity to cooties.

Needless to say, this particular teacher found they too had the "cooties" a short time later.

"If it's safety you are concerned about, then catching cooties is the least of your worries," he writes.

Every time her father used it, he'd bring it to a boil, which would kill the cooties.

Niko is certainly terrifying, but he's not all bad; he seems to see bullying as a worthy crusade, whether to prevent the spread of deadly cooties, or to keep nerds from becoming "like GODS, ruling over the student body with a nerdy iron fist".

("What other nineteenth-century writer managed to break through to the twentieth?") This cheerleading gets wearisome — as do some misfired attempts at freshening the period drama with contemporary locutions: "Two-seat fat," "cooties of feeling".

To promote this, the company decided to show an adorable young boy talking about all the wonderful things that he wouldn't be able to do — getting cooties, learning to drive, going to the prom, travelling the world — because he had drowned in an overflowed bathtub.

Justice Scalia asked whether jail administrators could take account of medical as well as security concerns — whether they could look to see, as he put it, "if the person has any fleas or cooties".

My son can safely get to 20, though he always skips 15, and 15, as it happens, is exactly where my daughter tails off (for her, six is the number that apparently has cooties and gets skipped).

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I did, however, assume the Stay-away-from-me-you've-got-cooties stance that Jimmy Carter used when posing with Bill Clinton at the presidents' powwow in the Oval.

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