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Catmesticate (catfintion) – a sustained, multi-generational attempt to keep felines as pets over which humans exercise control.
In use: “Scientists agree that dogs are domesticated, but after studying the history of cats and humans, concluded that they can’t agree that cats have become domesticated. The conclusion prompted catologists to create a new term, catmesticate, in an effort to define the roles and relationships between cats and humans.”
Amewsing (catfinition) – the activities that cat do which entertain humans; diverting or entertaining activities for cats.
In use: “The cat’s engagement with the squirrel outside the window seemed amewsing to the woman as well as the cat. The squirrel didn’t offer an opinion.”
I took a cat quiz this morning and aced it. They said my result was meow-nificent.
That, I thought, is not how that’s spelled. It’s mewnificent.
A little research, though, revealed to me that mewguists say those are regional differences, and both are correct.
Floofdar (catfinition) – a cat or dog’s ability to detect another animal’s presence that evades human awareness.
In use: “Something apparently triggered Flash’s floofdar, for awakening and rising, she trotted to the window sill and peered out. Whatever she saw prompted her to issue a low warning growl. Nan, watching and listening, said, “How did you know something was there? You were dead asleep.” She got up to see what triggered her cat’s floofdar.”
Floofquake (catfinition) – shaking caused by a house pet’s activities.
In use: “Leaning against the sliding closet doors, the big black and white cat groomed with apoplectic energy, as though disgusted that his white ruff wasn’t the whitest of whites, causing a floofquake that rattled the closet doors.”
Incatestable (catfinition) – something that can’t be disputed because the cat has decide that it is so.
In use: “The cats’ need to be present when Michael used the bathroom became incatestable as at least one feline raced into the bathroom ahead of him whenever he went in that direction. Wondering what was driving their obsessive interest, he became a master at misdirection and quiet walking. That worked for a while, but he’d forgotten that cats could read humans’ minds.”
Floofrient (catfinition) – intense, obsessive interest demonstrated by an animal, typically house pets such as cats or dogs.
In use: “Whatever the human was eating brought floofrient attention as the dog and cat hurried over to sniff at the least, but more often attempting to snatch food out of his hand or off his plate, take a bite, or give it a lick.”
Schadenfloof (catfinition) – one furry creature’s apparent pleasure at other’s troubles and misfortune.
In use: “When the dog was called out for knocking over the kitchen trash can (of which he was technically innocent), the cats oozed schadenfloof as they sat and watched.”
Infloofarable (catfinition) – two or more cats or dogs incapable of being separated or disjoined.
In use: “Taffy the blind cat and Bettina became infloofarable after getting to know each other.”
Chubbasaurus Orange (catfinition) – breed of hefty orange cats who enjoy eating and hunting but are very sweet.
In use: “They weighed twenty and twenty-one pounds, but the chubbasaurus orange cats demonstrated amazing leaping abilities, with one jumping as high as a man’s shoulder when the cat went after a robin taking flight.”
Michael Seidel, writer 