COOTIE

Cootie

The Game of Cootie is a children's roll-and-move tabletop game for two to four players. The object is to be the first to build a three dimensional bug-like object called a "cootie" from a variety of plastic body parts. Created by William Schaper in 1948, the game was launched in 1949 and sold millions in its first years. In 1973, Cootie was acquired by Tyco Toys, and, in 1986, by Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley. The game was given a new look and continued to enjoy commercial success. Several companies published cootie games in the first half of the twentieth century but only Schaper's featured a free-standing, three dimensional cootie.

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cootie

Noun

  1. A nest-building female American Coot (counterpart to Cooter).
  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.


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