cootie vs nit

cootie

noun
  • A louse (Pediculus humanus). 

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

  • A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key. 

  • A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter). 

nit

noun
  • The egg of a louse. 

  • A nitpicker. 

  • A candela per square metre. 

  • A head louse regardless of its age. 

  • A young louse. 

  • A fool, a nitwit. 

  • Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”) 

  • A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style. 

  • A minor shortcoming. 

verb
  • To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty. 

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