Floofbish (catfinition) – a meek or timid cat.
In use: “She’d seem like a floofbish tabby in the shelter, but once she was home and out of the kennel, she became as imperial as a queen and as powerful as a supercat.”
Flooflick
Flooflick (catfinition) – cats’ playful actitivity, behavior and antics.
In use: “The cats liked the night hours to arise and flooflick, chasing one another in mock combat, climbing whatever is offered, and stalking small bugs and objects.”
Floofvitation
Floofvitation (catfinition) – a cat’s manner of requesting that something be done.
In use: “Deciding he wanted under the covers, Quinn tapped Michael’s head as a floofvitation to let him in.”
Tuesday’s Theme Music
Today’s music is feline inspired. I swear I could hear my cat singing this when I went through my morning rituals. As I went from room to room and activity to activity, he tagged along. Sometimes he would lean against my leg when I stopped, but he also sat on my foot, or stopped and peeked around the corner. When I moved, he moved, following me around.
Here it is, courtesy of Tucker’s inspiration, Little Peggy March (which I had to look up) with “I Will Follow Him” from 1963.
Floofcination
Floofcination (catfinition) – the quality of a person becoming engrossed in watching a cat absorbed in watching or doing an activity.
In use: “Whenever the cats became fascinated with something, he found himself losing time as floofcination took over.”
One Piece
When you’re vacuuming, you ever notice there’s always one piece, usually lint, but typically a clump of cat fur in our house, that has supernatural powers to resist the vacuum? You run the sweeper over it repeatedly, but it defiantly stays on the floor, sometimes moving around and pretending that it’s been sucked up, only to re-appear a few moments later. Then you’re forced to other courses of action to get it up, even stooping to pick it up and feed it to the vacuum, just to prove who has the power.
Yeah, that’s so annoying.
Incatation
Incatation (catfinition) – spells and verbal charms used to call felines; many people often mistakenly think they’re calling a cat’s name, but cats don’t share their true names with other species.
In use: “Calling, “Here kitty, kitty,” he hoped the incatation would work on Ashley. Darkness and snow were falling, and he wanted her home safe and warm.”
Precatnitive
Precatnitive (catfinition) – the sense that you and a cat knew each other before you met.
In use: “As soon as he saw the ginger tabby, a precatnitive impression asserted itself. The cat left the corner where it cowered and ran to him.”
Catchemy
Catchemy (catfinition) – a loosely defined speculative philosophy concerned principally with understanding felines and their mysterious ways.
In use: “Watching Flash watching her, she listened to the cat’s purr and practiced her catchemy, saying softly, “What are you thinking, my furry friend?” Flash closed her eyes in response.
Floofryu
Floofryu (catfinition) – short poetry form, similar in structure to haiku: three lines, with twenty-three syllables. Floofryus deal with the foibles of cats, also known as floofs.
In use:
Dancing with paws and claws extended
mouth open and teeth exposed
she battles phantom adversaries
Michael Seidel, writer 