*Furminology Dictionary* update 5/2004

[DJFyrewolf36]

Here is a couple:

Boat motor: What a cat sounds like when its getting a tummy rub

Furry Tripline: What a cat makes himself into when you have an armload of stuff *example, laying in the middle of the walkway while you're carrying in grocerys*

[RICHARD]

NASCAR cat or NASCAT-

Instead of single pass in the home this is a series of passes or laps made during the cleanup of a house. Often ends with a yellow flag caution
when household objects fall onto the track.

See FLYBY-

[RICHARD]

Cattage- Any visible leftovers from a cat visit. Examples: hair, shredded rugs, paper bags, cat litter.

[lizzielou742]

Add Cat-A-Comb: When a kitty jumps on your head, scraping your scalp with its claws, usually in the early morning hours, and scares you nearly to death!

EDIT: This term was created by RICHARD!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

And what about *Poof* when a kitty is compassionately disappears into the night.

see here and here for reference.

[sirrahbed]

Hey everyone! This is not MY dictionary - it belongs to everyone If you know a term that I have not included, just copy the whole dictionary into a reply, add the new term, and SAVE! how does that sound?

PS - I don't MIND at all - just feel free to add if ya want

[sirrahbed]

PT Cat Dictionary of FURMINOLOGY
now with illustrations!

ack ack, acking - sound made when kitty is hunting bugs, moths, birds, 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!

Boat motor: What a cat sounds like when its getting a tummy rub

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

bunny butt - short, stubby cat tails

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-A-Comb: When a kitty jumps on your head, scraping your scalp with its claws, usually in the early morning hours, and scares you nearly to death!

Cat Babble: A disorder affecting all cat owners, in conversation, when someone brings up cats you find yourself COMPULSIVELY talking about your cat. Especially if they just recently did something cute

cat fit - see* below

cat Pilates - essentially any pretzel type posture that usually involves cleaning hard to reach areas

cattage- Any visible leftovers from a cat visit. Examples: hair, shredded rugs, paper bags, cat litter

cattitude - what cats have

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

drumsticks - meatloaf with high hipbones resembling a trussed turkey

Dusteater - cat who helps with the housework by going around and eating all the dustballs in the house....of course that leads to "PV" projectile vomit of a huge dust ball.

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

frito feet - smell kitties feet to determine THIS one

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.

Fur Piece - cat that you wear around your neck...makes a wonderful fashion statement.

furrkid and skinkid - self explanatory unless you have a hairy skinkid I guess

Furry Tripline: What a cat makes himself into when you have an armload of stuff *example, laying in the middle of the walkway while you're carrying in grocerys*

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

NASCAR cat or NASCAT- Instead of single pass in the home this is a series of passes or laps made during the cleanup of a house. Often ends with a yellow flag caution
when household objects fall onto the track. *See FLYBY

Nibblets: kitty love bites as Pee Wee loves to give on your nose or chin or cheek. Amber also loves to give these on your ankles or hands and arms!

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

Parade Float Kitty - see meatloaf

PawPaw - daddy to the kitties

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

*Poof* - when a kitty is compassionately disappears into the night, a magic act of rescue for neglected and needy kitties.

pretzel kitty - any one of numerous postures that would send a hooman to the chiropractor

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

purrno - see RedHedd about this one

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.

Rodent Alert: This is the high-pitched wailing sounds in the middle of the night when your kitty finds and "catches" one of his toy micies and brings them to your bedroom!!!

royal sceptre - posture where kitty extends one paw like a staff to be adored and kissed, as in "extending the royal sceptre", aka "the Elvis"

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!

tootsie rolls - those little rolls you scoop up from the litter box every day

Toy Hog - any kitty that hogs toys and keeps them all for him/herself

velcro kitty - lovey-dovey attached kitty - often when the hooman has been gone awhile

War and Peace: Cat edition - starting a thread about the cat intending for it to be a sentence, maybe two and ending up writing a novel

Webbing - a cat whose primary job is to eat all the spider webs around the house.

Whinusitis: the groveling, high-pitched wailing "WAAAAA" sound that comes from certain Pters who insist on having their wishes granted!!!

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, thunder paws, 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.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Hey, is there a term for when a kitty gets POed or startled and the tail gets all bushy?

PS: I have had a cat literally all of 4 days now and have SEEN almost all of the terms in the furminoligy dictionary up close and personal...even made up a few lol

[smokey the elder]

Combat kitty! Ask Saraloveshertinky about that.!

[QueenScoopalot]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
And what about *Poof* when a kitty is compassionately disappears into the night.

see here and here for reference.

It is a nicer term than steal! I've made many a kitty go *POOF* into the night LOL! Confiscate works too. Glad to see one of my purrsonal favorites..."truffles" made the final cut too!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Heres one:

WW III: what a cat can sleep through...lol

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
PT Cat Dictionary of FURMINOLOGY
now with illustrations!

ack ack, acking - sound made when kitty is hunting bugs, moths, birds, 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!

Boat motor: What a cat sounds like when its getting a tummy rub

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

bunny butt - short, stubby cat tails

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-A-Comb: When a kitty jumps on your head, scraping your scalp with its claws, usually in the early morning hours, and scares you nearly to death!

Cat-apult: Objects sent flying when a cat jumps off a high perch onto loose objects below.

Cat Babble: A disorder affecting all cat owners, in conversation, when someone brings up cats you find yourself COMPULSIVELY talking about your cat. Especially if they just recently did something cute

cat fit - see* below

cat Pilates - essentially any pretzel type posture that usually involves cleaning hard to reach areas

cattage- Any visible leftovers from a cat visit. Examples: hair, shredded rugs, paper bags, cat litter

cat-tastrophe-Any kitten/cat emergency that occurs just as you are ready to walk out of your residence.

cattitude - what cats have

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

drumsticks - meatloaf with high hipbones resembling a trussed turkey

Dusteater - cat who helps with the housework by going around and eating all the dustballs in the house....of course that leads to "PV" projectile vomit of a huge dust ball.

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

frito feet - smell kitties feet to determine THIS one

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.

Fur Piece - cat that you wear around your neck...makes a wonderful fashion statement.

furrkid and skinkid - self explanatory unless you have a hairy skinkid I guess

Furry Tripline: What a cat makes himself into when you have an armload of stuff *example, laying in the middle of the walkway while you're carrying in grocerys*

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

NASCAR cat or NASCAT- Instead of single pass in the home this is a series of passes or laps made during the cleanup of a house. Often ends with a yellow flag caution
when household objects fall onto the track. *See FLYBY

Nibblets: kitty love bites as Pee Wee loves to give on your nose or chin or cheek. Amber also loves to give these on your ankles or hands and arms!

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

Parade Float Kitty - see meatloaf

PawPaw - daddy to the kitties

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

*Poof* - when a kitty is compassionately disappears into the night, a magic act of rescue for neglected and needy kitties.

pretzel kitty - any one of numerous postures that would send a hooman to the chiropractor

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

purrno - see RedHedd about this one

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.

Rodent Alert: This is the high-pitched wailing sounds in the middle of the night when your kitty finds and "catches" one of his toy micies and brings them to your bedroom!!!

royal sceptre - posture where kitty extends one paw like a staff to be adored and kissed, as in "extending the royal sceptre", aka "the Elvis"

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!

tootsie rolls - those little rolls you scoop up from the litter box every day

Toy Hog - any kitty that hogs toys and keeps them all for him/herself

velcro kitty - lovey-dovey attached kitty - often when the hooman has been gone awhile

War and Peace: Cat edition - starting a thread about the cat intending for it to be a sentence, maybe two and ending up writing a novel

Webbing - a cat whose primary job is to eat all the spider webs around the house.

Whinusitis: the groveling, high-pitched wailing "WAAAAA" sound that comes from certain Pters who insist on having their wishes granted!!!

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, thunder paws, 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.

How did we miss this??


Cat-tastrophe-Any kitten/cat emergency that occurs just as you are ready to walk out of your residence.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Richard, things like falling into the toilet? (Remus did this last night lol must remember, leave lid DOWN when residing with curious kitties)

[RICHARD]

LOL
Like a hairbrush???

THAT'S a cat-tastrophe!!!

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Cat-apult-objects sent flying when a cat jumps off a high perch onto loose objects below.

[QueenScoopalot]

Here's one for the multi-cat households...CATtle stampede...what happens when they hear that can pop! This one doesn't count for the dictionary, but I suffer from scooposis. The Big Dig in Boston is a joke compared to my 24/7 Big Dig! back to scooping *sigh*