Furminology Dictionary Update 9/28/04

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Sometimes the "lap fungus" can spread to your chest and shoulders:

"Monkey toes" - somewhat like turkey toes, but it's when a kitty is using the back toes to hang on to a window ledge or similar skinny place, the way monkeys use their feet like hands!


"Making a flagpole" is what their back leg does when they are washing their nether regions.

"Heavy head" - when a kitten is playing and all of a sudden, their head just flops over and they fall asleep.

"Sumo pose" - beautifully demonstrated by the lovely Ritzy here:

"Kitty boobies" - another name for the parade float or meatloaf.

"Cotton balls" - this could be either an adorable white puffy muzzle, OR the white "goodies" on the back of a male cat.

"Digging for buried treasure" - cleaning the litter box.

"Crime scene" - pretty much anywhere the cats have been when you're not home , with obvious evidence.

"Watery love eyes" - my daughter coined this one; it's when a kitty looks at you with love in their heart and their eyes get a little watery.

"Nosekoosies" - when a kitty "kisses" you with a raspy tongue on the end of your nose.

[All Creatures Great And Small]

My late mom had some of the best kitty terms:

"Hoo-ing", which is when a kitty smells something extra stinky or good, and then holds his mouth open to savor it. (I have never caught a picture of this.)

"Zooming" for when a kitty is on his side, stretched as far as he/she can stretch, and curved backward. (Like Elast-O-Cat)

"Pie crust holes" ! The neat lines of dots on a kitty's muzzle where the whiskers come out - back in the old days they used a fork to prick holes in the bottom of a pie crust in neat rows so that's where Mom got it from.

"Griffying", when a cat is on his/her back or side, and uses their claws to pull/propel themselves along the edge of a couch. I've never seen my kitties do this, but I remember the kitties we had when I was a kid would do this constantly, to the point of wrecking the bottom ruffle of the couch! I saw an example of this in a YouTube video and it cracked me up - watch for the kitty with the big round cushion on the floor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvo-g_JvURI&NR=1

"Needle-y teeth" - the very tiny almost invisible teeth between the main fangs. (Yes, my dumba** kitty is chewing on my sewing machine)

[RICHARD]

ACGAS.


Oh, Kitty boobies could also be Kitty T-tties.


Jelly Belly n. (jeh lee beh Lee) The belly of any cat that sags a bit. See Old Man's Pants.

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Oh yes, we call them the t***ies around here, just didn't want to post that on the site!

Our name for the swaying underbelly of a kitty is "flub pouch"!

[RICHARD]

Poof v. (pouf) The disapperance of a mistreated cat, usually by a savior looking to better the cat's life.

[cassiesmom]

Oops look (n). The look Cassie gives me when she realizes that I know she coughed up a hair ball, or barfed on the rug, or left a dingle on the carpet, while I was gone. (Sorry, Meowm!)

Resolve moment (n). What happens after the Oops look. Named for Resolve, which does a good job of getting barf spots out of my rug. (Also known as a 409 moment if I'm out of Resolve!)

[cassiesmom]

I'm going to bump up the Furminology Dictionary again because some of the newer PTers might not have seen it.

Richard, this has made my eyes leaky today: "Poof v. (pouf) The disapperance of a mistreated cat, usually by a savior looking to better the cat's life. "

[cassiesmom]

pointy ends or pointee enz (n.): cat's claws
Example sentence: "Ow, Cassie jabbed me with her pointy ends again! Serves me right!"

[cassiesmom]

I got this from a co-worker:

Scoop alert. You're on scoop alert when a) you hear kitty pawing in the litter pan or b) you walk in the room where the litter pan is, and you're greeted by... that smell.