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Flooftourage (catfinition) – a group, or clowder, of cats following a person.
In use: “Wherever he went – kitchen, office, bathroom, garage – the flooftourage was with him, as though his daily activities – making coffee, reading email, using the toilet, getting frozen berries from the freezer – were fresh amazements.”
Flooftch (catfinition) – stretching out in repose with all limbs extended in a flat position, giving an appearance of being melted down and pooled on the ground, generally done when a cat is very relaxed, warm, or both.
In use: “With the temperature reaching over one hundred degrees for a third day, the cats all flootched and napped. It looked so comfortable that he threw himself on the bed under an air-conditioning vent and flooftched as well.”
Deflooftarized Zone (catfinition)- the areas of a house, typically including counters and tables, where cats are not permitted; the space between cats that they maintain to spy upon one another.
In use: “Establishing a triangle with their bodies as the angles, the ginger, tuxedo, and black cat with a white diamond watched one another. Only the mellow little black-pawed long-haired cat passed through the deflooftarized zone.”
Floofalert (catfinition) – the sound that a cat makes, warning you that something is about to happen. Floofalerts are categorized in related activities, such as puking, fighting, and tearing up the house.
In use: “He’d heard a sound. Stilling, he sat up straight. Yes, a floofalert! One of the cats was puking. It sounded nearby.
“Putting his head down, he closed his eyes. He’d need to be careful and watch where he stepped when he got up in the morning.
“And then he realized that he had to pee.”
Floofotechnic (catfinition) – a display of cat-oriented artworks and information.
In use: “Wealthy with floofotechnics, the CFA Foundation & Feline Historic Museum is devoted to collecting and recording the history of the cat and the cat fancy.”
Superfloofuity (catfinition) – immoderate indulgence in felines; excessive decoration or obsession with cats.
In use: “By 2015, two million videos featuring cats were posted on YouTube. With each averaging over twelve thousand hits, the numbers make the case for the Internet becoming superfloofuity.”
Afflooftion (catfinition) – a person, cat, or other animal who demonstrates affection toward other animals
In use: “Although a misanthrope, she demonstrated great afflooftion for her three cats and two pit bulls, along with any cat or dog she encountered, bestowing kisses, strokes and soothing words on all. Woe to any human who expected the same for them. All she gave them was a hard scowl.”
Floofiosa (catfinition) – member of the secret society of cats called the floofia. Floofiosa live under a strict code of floofmerta, an honor system that calls for no cat to ever betray another.
In use: “With his big body and thick black fur, Boo looked more like a small black bear than a floofiosa.”
Lucfloofbration (catfinition) – a cat’s intense study of an object, being, or situation.
In use: “The jay landed just outside the open window with a flutter of wings and a sharp squawk. The three cats turned as one and entered lucfloofbration of the bird on the branch beyond the screen.”
Floofcentric (catfinition) – thinking of cats, and the impact of activities on cats, before or to the exclusion of others; putting a cat and their needs at the center of one’s planning or life; a feline’s attitude that they are the center of attention or activity.
In use: “A floofcentric room, cat toys littered the floor, a cat tree was in one corner, and a cat condo inhabited another corner, while cat beds, a litter box, and cat dishes were set in other places.”
Michael Seidel, writer 