Comments on: If Cooties Were Real, What Disease Would They Be? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/if-cooties-were-real-what-disease-would-they-be/ Keeping You Current Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: uncoveror http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/if-cooties-were-real-what-disease-would-they-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3870 uncoveror Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:13:52 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=10259#comment-3870 Cooties is kiddie slang for lice, not an imaginary ailment. Cooties is kiddie slang for lice, not an imaginary ailment.

]]> By: Shawn http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/if-cooties-were-real-what-disease-would-they-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3863 Shawn Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:48:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=10259#comment-3863 I'd like girl/boy germs explained, please. I’d like girl/boy germs explained, please.

]]> By: Th_Ph http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/if-cooties-were-real-what-disease-would-they-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3860 Th_Ph Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:37:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=10259#comment-3860 The author's intelligence test has come back negative. Not only are cooties lice, the fact is detailed in another article on your own Web site: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/09/cootie-catchers-say-lice-reveal-lots-about-early-humans/ Note to the editor regarding Rose Eveleth: It's firin' time! The author’s intelligence test has come back negative.

Not only are cooties lice, the fact is detailed in another article on your own Web site:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/09/cootie-catchers-say-lice-reveal-lots-about-early-humans/

Note to the editor regarding Rose Eveleth: It’s firin’ time!

]]> By: Adam http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/if-cooties-were-real-what-disease-would-they-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 Adam Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:28:02 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=10259#comment-3859 Perhaps a bit of research should have been done before you wrote this, cooties is in fact a term that was originally used for Lice http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cooties http://public.oed.com/appeals/cootie/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cooties?r=66 www.merriam-webster.com/medical/body+louse http://public.oed.com/appeals/cootie/ Perhaps a bit of research should have been done before you wrote this, cooties is in fact a term that was originally used for Lice
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cooties
http://public.oed.com/appeals/cootie/
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cooties?r=66
http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/body+louse
http://public.oed.com/appeals/cootie/

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