QUIZ: Can You Guess What The WWI Trench Slang Means?

Caroline Gawlik|History|10 Apr 2019

Cooties

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Retry Correct Incorrect This slang term for body lice or head lice first started appearing in letters from soldiers in 1915. The nickname comes from the coot, which is a type of bird that’s often infested with lice.
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Cooties

  • Head lice
  • The Spanish Flu
  • Typhus Fever
  • Trench fever
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