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DO YOU KNOW WHAT 'COOTIES' REALY ARE?
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Herpes.
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Cooties is a slang word in North American English, used by children, referring to a fictitious disease or condition, generally carried by members of the opposite sex. One supposedly catches cooties through any form of bodily contact, close proximity, contact with an "infected" person's possessions, or third-party transmission. In prepubescent children it serves as a device for enforcing separation of the sexes. An older person may jokingly refer to cooties when talking about awkwardness toward sex and relationships. The adoption of the term into English traces it back to the American occupation of the Philippines, in 1898-1945, and before that to British soldiers' presence in Malaysia. In most Austronesian languages (e.g. Malaysian and many Philippine languages such as Tagalog included) the term for head lice, lice or fleas of any kind, etc., is "kuto"; foreign troops had ample opportunity to become familiar with the term and made a slang pluralized form ("cooties") of "kuto." How this moved to become the possession of grade school children is a mystery.
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wow that is good that you can say that first thing in the morning how much coffee did you have.
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mmmmm coffeeee
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I'LL HAVE A CUP TOO! |
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haha! im not a parent but i hope than answered ur question!
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Herpes. YOUR SMART.I NEVER KNEW IT WAS AN STD! I ALLWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A KIDS GAME. UNTIL I SAW THE VIDEO AT 'YOUTUBE.COM' I THINK 'ALL' PARENTS SHOULD SEE IT! |
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