germy

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Kind of sounds like the stuff that makes us human and the stuff that makes germs germy is the same kind of stuff, and is almost as interchangeable as tinkertoys.

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  • Ghosts? Even those that drop feathers (germy, potentially full of disease) and sing golden songs in the dark? —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • The beer kit (and replacement kits) come with One Step Sanitizer that will do a very good job of cleaning everything and ensuring you don't start with germy utensils, bottles or keg. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • CNN used the Austin house, in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, as a test case to see just how germy a four-person family home might be. —  CNN.com
  • "Everyone thinks she did this because she hates the thought of dirty and germy things," an insider tells In Touch. —  fresnobeehive.com
  • There will be rude people there who don't care about your vacation, whose germy kids try to touch you for no reason, who actively try to cut ahead of you in line or knock you down while moving from place to place … you must ignore these people. —  Weddingbee
 

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