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		ganzuul on Oct 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bacteria enhances host insect's fertility with imp... Of all the strange and things to have happened in 2023, 'cooties are real' was perhaps the most unpredictable.

vlovich123 on Oct 28, 2023 [–]

Huh? Cooties are real.

> Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

Basically a child like name for STIs.

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