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D’yer ever go into the grocery store with a plan to buy two or three things, and then say, “Oh, and we need this, too, and we’re almost out of that,” and exit half an hour later seventy dollars lighter, carrying two full shopping bags?
It just kind of snowballs sometimes, doesn’t it?
Contrefloof (catfinition) – 1. an embarrassing or unexpected occurrence involving a cat; 2. a dispute or disagreement between cats.
In use: “A contrefloof erupted when Tucker discovered Papi with the catnip sausage.”
Floue (catfinition) – the grimace of pouting distaste that cats sometimes direct at people
In use: “Michael opened a can of Qunn’s favorite food and put it in a bowl, but with a disappointed floue, Quinn mimicked burying it, and then hurried away.”
Floof-step (catfinition) – dance conducted with humans and cats. The cat rushes the human and tries to entwine around the person’s legs and ankles. The human steps around the cat; the cat counters and tries again to go around the person’s legs and ankles.
In use: “Michael hurried to the phone but was slowed as Quinn engaged him in the floof-step, almost tripping Michael, who barely avoided pitching to the floor.”
Floofpentine (catfinition) – the figure-eight winding to rub against legs and objects that cats do.
In use: “Tail up, Quinn took a floofpentine route from the room’s exit to its other end, visiting with people along the way.”
You ever step on a floof’s dinglberry that’s a quarter inch in diameter, and the only one in the room, and wonder, what are the chances of that happening in a two-hundred eighty square foot room at four in the morning?
As Sheldon would say, “We could do the math.”
Offelinal (catfinition) – substances tending to have a medicinal effect on felines.
In use: “His determination to heal the cat led him to examine herbs for offelinal possibilities.”
Flooftatis Flooftandis (catfinition) – changes made to a previous situation to address the cat’s needs.
In use: “Whereas the bedroom was elegantly designed and arranged, flooftatis flooftandis appeared in the forms of a litter box, food and water bowls, and a carpeted climbing tree.”
Jet Floof (catfinition) – outflanking movement cats employ. Running a wide arc around the outside of others, they turn on the jets to get ahead of the situation.
In use: “Quinn hurried around the couch, and then, in classic jet floof fashion, he raced ahead to the feeding bowls.”
