While referring primarily to HIV and hepatitis, the term 'needle cooties' can apply to any malady which can be transmitted though the sharing of needles for intravenous drug use.
Carni-cooties is after you leave the County Fair or State Fair the creepy feelings you have on your skin. Knowing that you touched the same thing as a carni worker or the freaks that only come outside once a year to go to the fair.
#1 - I feel like there are ticks crawling all over my skin after leaving the fair, it must be the carni -cooties.
#2 - Maddie, DON"T TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE WASHED YOU HANDS 5 TIMES!!!!! I think we got some carni-cooties on us.
A term used to describe a virus with arbitrary and sometimes politically expedient properties. For example, UV light doesn't affect it somehow, but six feet of distance devastates it....sometimes.