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jmdict 2159220 Active (id: 2071476)
えんがちょ切った
えんがちょきった
1. [exp] [chn]
《said to ward off catching a fictitious disease from another child; usu. accompanied by a crossed fingers gesture》
▶ go away, germs!
▶ no cooties on me!
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2159210 えんがちょ 1. (you're) dirty!; (you have) cooties!



History:
7. A 2020-06-09 00:27:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
no cooties on me!
  Comments:
OK, attempting an internationalization.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2159210">えんがちょ・1</xref>
@@ -15 +14,2 @@
-<s_inf>said to ward off catching 'cooties' from another child; usu. accompanied by a crossed fingers gesture</s_inf>
+<s_inf>said to ward off catching a fictitious disease from another child; usu. accompanied by a crossed fingers gesture</s_inf>
+<gloss>go away, germs!</gloss>
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>go away, cooties!</gloss>
6. A* 2020-05-16 21:56:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooties "used in the United States and Canada as a rejection 
term and an infection tag game".
  Comments:
I'd never heard the word cooties, and neither had my family members. Can the gloss and note 
be internationalized a bit?
5. A* 2020-05-15 01:30:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14,3 @@
-<gloss>phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child</gloss>
+<s_inf>said to ward off catching 'cooties' from another child; usu. accompanied by a crossed fingers gesture</s_inf>
+<gloss>no cooties on me!</gloss>
+<gloss>go away, cooties!</gloss>
4. A 2011-05-01 07:48:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2011-05-01 01:47:13  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2159210">えんがちょ</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2159210">えんがちょ</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2159210">えんがちょ・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2159210">えんがちょ・1</xref>
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