Cooties

thumb|Cootie Game, egwuregwu bọọdụ site na 1918
Cooties bụ ọrịa nwata, nke a na-egosipụtakarị dị ka nwata. A na-eji ya na United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, na Philippines dị ka okwu jụrụ ya na egwuregwu mkpado ọrịa (dị ka ụmụ mmadụ vs. Zombies). Ọ dị ka "lurgi a na-atụ egwu" nke Britain, yana okwu ejiri na mba Nordic, na Italy, India na Iraq.[1] A na-ekwu na nwatakịrị na-enweta "cooties" site na mmekọrịta chiri anya ya na onye "ọrịa" ma ọ bụ site n'aka nwa nwoke na-abụghị nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị nke ọgbọ ya.

## Mmalite
A na-eche na okwu a sitere na ezinụlọ asụsụ Austronesia, ebe asụsụ Philippine, Malaysian-Indonesian, na Māori[1] nwere okwu kuto ma ọ bụ kutu maka ahụhụ na-ata ahụhụ.[2]. Otú ọ dị, o yikarịrị ka aha ahụ sitere na "cuties", ntụaka nlegharị anya n'otu aka ahụ. Ojiji izizi edekọ maka okwu a na bekee bụ nke ndị agha Britain n'oge Agha Ụwa Mbụ na-ezo aka n'ụnwụ nke gbasapụrụ n'ọgbọ agha.
thumb|''South Bend News-Times'', Eprel 7, 1922
Egwuregwu aka, Cootie Game, bụ nke ụlọ ọrụ Irvin-Smith nke Chicago mere na 1915; ọ gụnyere ịtụgharị capsules (cooties) n'ime ọnyà n'elu ihe osise na-egosi ọgbọ agha. Egwuregwu cootie ndị ọzọ sochiri, ha niile gụnyere ụdị "bug" ma ọ bụ "cootie",  ruo mgbe Schaper Toys malitere The Game of Cootie na 1948.  Egwuregwu a nwere ihe ịga nke ọma, na-aghọ ihe oyiyi;  na 2003, Toy Industry Association gụnyere ya na "Century of Toys List" nke 100 ihe egwuregwu kachasị echeta na nke kachasị mma nke narị afọ nke 20.

Na mgbakwunye na egwuregwu *cooties*, okwu cooties ghọrọ ihe a ma ama na America n'afọ ndị 1950 site n'aka ndị agha na-alọta site n'ọrụ n'akụkụ ndị Britain na South Pacific. Dị ka ndị Britain 'na-atụ egwu lurgi', egwuregwu cooties mepụtara n'oge mmalite afọ 1950s polio, ma jikọta ya na unyi na ọrịa na-efe efe.

## Okwu ndị ọzọ
A makwaara ụmụ ahụhụ nke oghere ndị agha ụwa nke mbụ a na-akpọ "cooties" dị ka "arithmetic bugs" n'ihi na "ha gbakwunyere na nsogbu anyị, wepụ ya na obi ụtọ anyị, kewaa uche anyị, ma mụbaa dị ka hel". 

N'Ịtali, ụmụaka nwere okwu la peste ("*Ihe otiti*").  A maara cooties na Denmark dị ka *pigelus* na *drengelus* na Norway dị ka *jentelus* na *guttelus*: nke ọ bụla pụtara n'ụzọ nkịtị "ụmụ agbọghọ" na "ụmụ nwoke". Na Sweden, a maara ha dị ka tjejbaciller na *killbaciller* (nke pụtara "nwa agbọghọ / nwa okorobịa bacilli") na Finland, a maara ya dị ka *Asaịbakteeri* na Donbakteeri ("nwa agbọghọ / ụmụ okorobịa nje bacteria"). Na Serbia, a maara egwuregwu ahụ dị ka *Suga*; okwu ahụ pụtara scabies.

## Egwuregwu Cooties
A na-ekwu na nwatakịrị na-ejide ọrịa site n'ụdị ọ bụla nke mmetụ ahụ, ịdị nso, ma ọ bụ mmetụ aka nke onye "na-arịa ọrịa" ma ọ bụ site na onye nwoke na nwanyị nke otu afọ. Ọtụtụ mgbe, onye "na-arịa ọrịa" bụ onye a na-ele anya dị ka onye dị iche, n'ihi nkwarụ, ihere, ịbụ nwoke na nwanyị, ma ọ bụ inwe omume pụrụ iche. Ụmụaka nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ elementrị dị afọ anọ ruo iri na-ejikarị okwu ahụ eme ihe; Otú ọ dị, ụmụaka ndị toro eto nwere ike iji ya mee ihe n'ụzọ mkparị ma ọ bụ na-egwuri egwu.

Na United States, ụmụaka na-eme mgbe ụfọdụ "mmiri" ibe ha site na cooties site n'inye "cootie (s) shot". Dị ka ọ na-adịkarị, otu nwatakịrị na-enye "mkpịsị aka", na-eji mkpịsị aka mkpịsị ụkwụ iji chọta okirikiri na ntụpọ n'ihu aka nwatakịrị ọzọ mgbe ọ na-agụghachi abụ, "Mkpịsị, okirikiri, ntụpọ, - Ugbu a ị nwere ntụpọ!" N'ụdị ụfọdụ, nwatakịrị wee sị, "Mgbidi, Square, square, - Ugbu ahụ ị nwere ya ebe niile!" Mgbanwe ndị a nwere ike ịga n'ihu ruo n'ọkwa ikpeazụ ebe nwatakịrị ahụ na-ekwu, "Okporo, okirikiri, Mma, mma, - Ugbu a ị nwere ya ndụ gị niile!". E nwere ọtụtụ ọdịiche ndị ọzọ.

## Hụkwa

* Onye na-akọ ọdịnihu na akwụkwọ - aha ọzọ maka Cootie Catcher

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