Martin,
I know what you mean about how they always know when the conversation is finished! They always seem to get the last word too! LOL
Dorothy, welcome to pet talk and the crazy world of pet owners like us! I think everyone has petisms (so to speak) for different words and pet talk. Hopefully nobody will be visited by those men in the white coats...

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"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb