cat terms u like and hate

Originally Posted by sarahp

"Making biscuits" and anything like that always annoys me for some reason - the cat's kneading, not baking!!!!!

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They are not kneading...the are digging their claws into me, causing me pain, a purring because of this (they are sadistic!) And I am the stupid human that keeps petting them to continue this pain inflicted on me.

Isn't that a reflex from kittenhood...kneading the mom to stimulate milk? I keep telling them they aren't getting to get milk out of my leg, my arm, or my head. Yet, I still keep petting them...... (yeah, like I said, I'm the stupid human).

I had a friend once that referred to his cat as his dustmop. He told me he actually used him to dust under furniture. I thought that was terrible, until I went over to the house and watched him do it. His kitty LOVED it! He would lay on his back and meowed until Chris got down on his hands and knees and started pushing him all around his floor (hard wood)...under the table, under the couch, under anything he would fit under. His cat was purring his head off! After cleaning the dust balls off his back, Chris sat back down and wouldn't you know it, the darn cat rolled on his back again and meowed for more! Just had to share that.

Originally Posted by calico2222

I had a friend once that referred to his cat as his dustmop. He told me he actually used him to dust under furniture. I thought that was terrible, until I went over to the house and watched him do it. His kitty LOVED it! He would lay on his back and meowed until Chris got down on his hands and knees and started pushing him all around his floor (hard wood)...under the table, under the couch, under anything he would fit under. His cat was purring his head off! After cleaning the dust balls off his back, Chris sat back down and wouldn't you know it, the darn cat rolled on his back again and meowed for more! Just had to share that.

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what a funny story! thats great.

I like the term 'pet parent'.

Don't like the term pussy.

I call my older cat 'baby' because she IS a baby She acts like a baby, she whines like a baby, she will always be my baby!

How about flea-bag? I don't think anyone has mentioned that yet
I call Neko a flea-bag all the time , despite the fact he has never had fleas once, well since we've owned him anyway.

Originally Posted by DIEGO

Oh come on don't lie

if your cat had he ability to bake real biscuits, you would try one just like I would

coz I mean if your cat can bake biscuits, it can cook you dinner, do the house cleaning etc and earn its keep

Sorry maybe the earning its keep bit went too far. But hey I'm trying to have a little humour today.

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, maybe a taste to be polite, but I've seen what they consider yummy...I do wish they'd pitch in more with the cleaning

Originally Posted by chichismom

I cannot stand it when people refer to cats as pussies!!!
Drives me mad!

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I hate that too! Probably because it now seems to mean something quite different
The thing is a lot of older people I know still call them that and I cringe so much when they ask me how my p***y ( Sorry, can`t even bare to type it! ) is while everyone else is s ing away


Lol! I got censored!
It was just a word for laughing discretley, honest!

Originally Posted by Jaffacake

I hate that too! Probably because it now seems to mean something quite different

The thing is a lot of older people I know still call them that and I cringe so much when they ask me how my p***y ( Sorry, can`t even bare to type it! ) is while everyone else is s

ing away

Lol! I got censored!
It was just a word for laughing discretley, honest!

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Yes, that word is not allowed because it contains the infamous "n" word. Try "snickering".

Anyway, I love being a meowmy to 2 fuzzbucket furbabies. I think the purrpaws are just jealous.

I don't mind "puss," pronounced like "pussy" but without the y (my grandpa has named about 5 barn cats on his farm Puss ) but I dislike "pussy"...because it just reminds me of something vulgar and I'm NOT a vulgar person.

So, "puss" is ok by me, because my grandpap says it and I KNOW he doesn't mean anything by it.

I tend to call my cats "My boys," "Fuzzballs" or "Little Bumblebees" (when they purr).

I don't like baby talk names...like "puddy tat" or "purdy cat."

-Kristen

Originally Posted by sarahp

"Making biscuits" and anything like that always annoys me for some reason - the cat's kneading, not baking!!!!!

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You know what, TCS is the only forum I've heard the phrase "Making biscuits", and I have I say, I LOVE it! I only see it when it's a post related to Rosie and Sophie (and Jack), a post CREATED by the mom of Rosie and Sophie and Jack, so I immediately think of England or someplace like that, and that just makes "Making Biscuits" so much cuter. And it totally fits, I now can't watch my kitties kneading without my imagining dough under their paws, lol

Kneading would be like kneading dough so I don't see why one is offensive as bakery-related and the other not.

Anyway, I don't like 'meowmy' either every time I read it I feel like sugary goo plopped out of a hallmark card onto my head. I say mommie sometimes when I'm feeling particularly affectionate but I don't really think of it that way. Like when you call an SO 'baby' even though they're not your child.

Originally Posted by sarahp

"Making biscuits" and anything like that always annoys me for some reason - the cat's kneading, not baking!!!!!

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That annoys me too. I call it Happy Cat. LOL

Originally Posted by calico2222

I had a friend once that referred to his cat as his dustmop. He told me he actually used him to dust under furniture. I thought that was terrible, until I went over to the house and watched him do it. His kitty LOVED it! He would lay on his back and meowed until Chris got down on his hands and knees and started pushing him all around his floor (hard wood)...under the table, under the couch, under anything he would fit under. His cat was purring his head off! After cleaning the dust balls off his back, Chris sat back down and wouldn't you know it, the darn cat rolled on his back again and meowed for more! Just had to share that.

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I'm going to try that with Riley!

My bf calls Riley "dumpster kitty" because thats where he was found, but I absolutely hate it when he does that.

Originally Posted by DIEGO

I'm going to get flamed for this, although its not exactly a cat term, the word meowmy really irritates the

out of me.

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I happen to like the word meowmy, I think it's kinda cute As with the "Making Biscuits" phrase, I think it's adorable as well! I will always ask Petunia when she is on the bed kneading (or as I like to say Making Biscuits!!) if I can have cheese on my biscuits, and she will, in her very talkative manner, respond accordingly with a rather happy "Yip". It's part of our hysterical conversations together!

I don't like "Meowmy" either. Too cutesy. I do, however, think of myself as their Mommy. I call Possum and Loki "My babies," "my boys," and "my kitty-boys." I like thinking of them as my babies because they need me for everything like a baby, although I'm sure at least Loki could take care of himself if he was outside. Also, someone I know had a baby a few months before I got Loki, and after I got him I was surprised to find out how similiar they were!

I still call my 16-yr-old dog my baby! And I affectionately call my sister's dog, Jinx (my "dog-niece;" yeah, we're weird) "Stupid, smelly dog!"

Tricia