Floofling (catfinition) – a small cat.
In use: Underneath four pounds of long, silky fur, he was five pounds of floofling.
Retrofloof
Retrofloof (catfinition) – a time-traveling cat who insists on living in the past.
In use:
Lady, the little gray tabby with a tawny belly, was a retrofloof, disappearing as suddenly as she’d arrived, with as little explanation to it.
He didn’t worry; another retrofloof would soon show up. Other people thought retrofloofs were strays, but he knew that cats liked time-traveling, and preferred (from his experience and perspective, at least) to go into the past to relive their past lives.
How did he know the cats traveled into the past? They’d informed him that it was what they did. Not all who disappeared were retrofloofs, of course; some were alterfloofs, choosing to live in alternative dimensions. But Lady, she had told him, was a retrofloof.
The Sniff Test
Have you ever been about to eat something when your cat comes up to smell it, so you let them sniff it, and they draw back with a dismayed look, and then seem to look disappointed that you’re still going to eat this food that smells bad to them?
No? Is it just me, then?
Floofing
Floofing (catfinition) – slang for when a cat curls up against the curve of a human body to sleep.
In use: “The big Maine Coon loved floofing with her, and she enjoyed it, too, running her hand over his furry belly as the thrum of his purr vibrated against her torso.”
Monday’s Bumper Sticker
I didn’t realize this needed declared. My cats have always expressed their individuality without any encouragement. They just be.
Floofthopomorphic
Floofthopomorphic (catfinition) – ascribing feline qualities to non-felines.
In use: “He was a floofthopomorphic athlete on the field, astounding all with his quickness, but dismaying them with his ability to be distracted and his unwillingness to listen to others.”
Floofinjay
Floofinjay (catfinition) – a haughty, strutting cat.
In use: “While his rescued siblings retired to their mother’s side, the little tuxedo floofinjay went about the as though he was the new emperor.”
Floofsplain
Floofsplain (catfinition) – people’s habit of talking about their cats, regardless of others’ interest.
In use: “At work, he floofsplained everything that his cat had done the night before. People dared not laugh; laughter only urged more floofsplaining.”
Floof-gazing
Floof-gazing (catfinition) – a practice that involves contemplating cats that’s often accompanied by philosophical questions about what cats are doing or thinking, or why cats are engaged in an activity.
In use: “While floof-gazing, he observed one cat steal up on a sleeping feline, sniff the sleeping cat’s rear end, and then slink away.”
Michael Seidel, writer 