PT Cat Dictionary of FURMINOLOGY
ack ack, acking - sound made when kittiy is hunting bugs, moths, buirds, etc.
ape s**t - as in "going ape s**t -episode of completely losing it and racing around the house at top speed - see*below
airplane ears - aka yoda ears - those funny pulled back ears that show kitty is NOT very happy!
bits - aka cookies, equipment, truffles - testicles
brushtomer: this is someone waiting on the brushing table for his daily brushing and massage
bundle foot - aka 'tortellini with a stem' - curled up posture in which all four paws are extended and neatly stacked
butt squitch - when your cat is getting ready to pounce and them wiggle their rear end to get the feet set
buttbath - just the essentials
carpet condom - round cat beds with rolled rim
cat Pilates - essentially any pretzel type posture that usually involves cleaning hard to reach areas
cattitude - what cats have
cat fit - see* below
clingon - those little hangers that don't seem to make it into the litter box
dingle, dingleberry - see 'clingon' above
doily kitty - long haired kitty gracefully draped - usually on the back of a sofa
excavator - fastidious cat who is not happy unless the litter box is empty
elevator butt - touch butt/will rise -who knows why they do this??
"fingers and paws crossed" - gesture of PT support and love
fluffy - a euphemism for ...uh...well...plush, Ruebenesque
flyby - racing through room at top speed for no apparent reason, often a group activity in multiple kitty homes, see *below
forever or furrever home (love this one!) - a real home that all kitties deserve
full sweep - this is the extreme affectionate gesture - beginning with a headbumpie, followed by a tooth rub, full body sweep and topped off with the one eyed salute.
furrkid and skinkid - self explanatory unless you have a hairy skinkid I guess
grandmeowmie - a cat mommy or cat daddy's mommy, of course
happy feet: same as making biscuits. Or disco feet for the cat still stuck in the '70's.
headbumpies - bumping heads - a sign of affection
hooman - a cat mommy or daddy with skin on
huffing - sniffing freshly licked and sunwarmed kitty fur
kitty cakes - same as pee biscuits, only larger *edited
kitty kisses - that sleepy looking blink of the eyes that sends a "kiss"
lap fungus - a kitty growth on your lap!! AH!!
making bread or making biscuits - that cute kneading motion the kitties make with their paws when they are contented
meatloaf or loaf of bread (for vegetarians ) paws tucked in, also known as parade float pose
meowmie - a cat mommy
meezer - a Siamese
muffin - aka 'lovemuffin', a sweet, affectionate kitty
one eye salute - that's when they get up in your face, giving you lots of love and kisses and head bumps and suddenly present the other end, tail raised to attention, for close inspection. You just got the one-eye salute
pee biscuits - clump of pee in the catbox
pip-flip - jumping and flipping off the wall.
plush - see fluffy
poo log, poo pancake - various forms of poo, 'cakes are not good
projectile pee - when you can hear the pee hit the side of the box and trickle down. Eeeeeewwwwwww.....
PT'er - an addiction, quite harmless, you probably are one if you are reading this, go huff your furrkid
purrgasmic - a blissfully purring kitty
RB or Rainbow Bridge - where our kitties go to wait for us when they are done on earth
Richard - aka RICHARD!!! amusing and easily amused PT member. known for pithy comments and wry humor.
royal sceptre - posture where kitty extends one paw like a staff to be adored and kissed, as in "extending the royal sceptre"
schmoozle - To put one's face on/in a fluffy cat belly
scooterbug - little baby kitties scooting around!!
scritches - essentially a scratch - but obviously better because it must also scratch an itch and feels SOOO good to kitty
squeak freak - episode of completely losing it and racing around the house at top speed. (similar to ape s**t above) but involves a loud squeaking noise, I believe. also see * below
tea-cozy: similar to meatloaf pose, but on the kitchen counter where one would have a tea cozy cover for your tea pot!
telescope kitty - kitty stretches l o n g - usually for a treat!
tits-up - that's when they are lying upside down with full belly exposed
toe jammin' - same as toe crunching. Basically working on that toe jam between the toes!
tortitude - what tortie cats have an extra dose of cattitude
tortellini - the round curled up posture my cats cannot do because they are too fluffy
toothrubs - when kitty rubs his cheeks on you to mark and you get jabbed by a tooth!
velcro kitty - lovey-dovey attached kitty - often when the hooman has been gone awhile
white coats - vet
wideload - rear view of a plush meatloaf
yoda ears - aka airplane ears - those funny pulled back ears that show kitty is NOT very happy!
*catfit - this one seems to have many variations. collectively, it involves an episode of completely losing it and racing through rooms at top speed for no apparent reason, often a group activity in multiple kitty homes. It is aka storm of the Mongole hordes, couch-cat pinball, nine-o'clock crazies, herd of turtles, Random Cat Outburst (RCO), thundering herd of cat, squeak freak, flyby, flying fluffies, and going ape s**t.
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