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Floofrobe (floofinition) – 1. A bathrobe or houserobe that housepets establish as their property.
In use: “She could never set her robe down without a cat immediately staking a claim to it, regarding her with a calm expression that stated, my robe.”
2. A garment made for an animals to provide weather protection and keep them warm.
In use: “She bought her little Scottie an adorable red and black checked floofrobe. He looked like a perfect gentlefloof in it.”
Floofcase (floofinition) – 1. Luggage intended for travel that becomes usurped by one or more animals.
In use: “Whenever the luggage was brought out for a trip, a cat emerged and made themselves comfortable on it, as if stating, if you’re going, so am I.”
2. The reasons given for adopting a pet.
In use: “She made an elaborate floofcase for adopting the dog but it was all about his eyes and his look on Facebook. Other reasons really didn’t matter.”
Floofganic (floofinition) – Food specifically made and intended for animals, especially pets.
In use: “Every day, she treated her pets to a little locally produce floofganic fish stew with veggies. All lapped it up (except the bird, who always mocked it).”
Circumfloof (floofinition) – 1. To go around an animal.
In use: “She was circumfloof as old Ranger was sleeping, and looked so sweet.”
2. An animal, especially a pet, who is discreet.
In use: “A circumfloof little dog, she was adept at stealing food from people’s plate.”
3. To limit an animal’s range or permitted activities.
In use: “The dogs were given circumfloofed areas to sleep — their beds, the floor, or outside, but NOT the beds, sofa, and chair — but they were usually found on the sofa, bed, and chairs.”
Trifloof (floofinition) – 1. The third pet in a household. 2. A four-legged animal that has lost a limb.
In use: “Four months old, Thor had been hit by a car and lost a limb, making the little black cat a trifloof, but he raced around the house without any issues or apparent lack of speed.”
Floofhafen (floofinition) – A port animals use to travel between dimensions, often in conjunciton with a floofexchange.
In use: “Michael didn’t know it, but there was a floofhafen in his backyard. One moment, a bear family is trundling through it, but as soon as he was back with his camera, in, like, fifteen seconds, the bears were completely gone.”
Flooftag (floofinition) 1. Game animals play. Often employing stealth and ambush, they spring out and slap, claw, or bite another (which can sometimes be a fatal game when larger animals, like cougars, are involved). 2. Usually, a torn piece or frayed piece of fabric or furniture that an animal leaves as its mark (tag), a flooftag can also be a bite out of something, such as a leaf.
In use: “After he put on his sweater and was at the party, he realized that his cat had left its flooftag on his sleeve.”
FTF (Faster Than Floof) (floofinition) – The hypothesis that only non-humans can travel at speeds faster than the speed of light. The special theory of floofactivity implies that only quantum animals (such as housepets like cats and dogs) can reach such speeds, doing so almost instantaneously, allowing them to apparently simultaneously occupy more than one place.
In use: “Anyone with pets know that many are capable of FTF; just open a can and watch them arrive.”
Pobrefloof (floofinition) – Poor animal.
In use: “Wanting to go for a walk but being denied, the dog sulked with his leash in his mouth. “Pobrefloof,” she said, walking by. “I’ll walk you before I leave, honey, but I can’t now, I’m not dressed yet.” Sighing, the dog dropped the leash.”
Michael Seidel, writer 