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Napdar (catfinition) – the extrasensory ability to immediately detect when someone is going to take a nap, a sense that’s extremely refined among house cats.
In use: “His napdar awakening him from his slumber in the guest room, Tucker rose and padded into the living room where Michael was just settling down to take an afternoon nap, and settled his massive feline body on the human’s inviting belly.”
Malacat (catfinition) – a feline who doesn’t seem like one, exhibiting behavior more associated with other species.
In use: “Living in a house with four dogs, Spunky soon became a malacat, chasing squirrels, eating with messy gusto, and running with the pack.”
Olifloofchy (catfinition) – a clowder in which a small group of felines exercise control for selfish reasons.
In use: “The clowder wanted to play but the olifloofchy gave warning looks, and all the cats remained still, waiting for the next event.”
Floofwind (catfinition) – a powerful, localized wind caused when one or more cats and kittens gallop, scamper, dash, sprint, and race around.
In use: “The kittens took off, energizing the elders, and a floofwind quickly engulfed the living room, sending things flying off tables and into the air.”
Inflooftable (catfinition) – a cat who cannot be avoided.
In use: “A big, strong short hair tabby, he was inflooftable as the official house greeter, and it was best to accept his inspection and get it done.”
Flooftif (catfinition) – a salient artistic theme centered on depictions of felines, also known as cattif.
In use: “The many statues, paintings, and ceramic of cats provides the stereotypical flooftif of a cat-love, but this isn’t a facade; she genuinely loves cats, and they love her.”
Refloofestation (catfinition) – to refill a home with cats and floofenalia.
In use: “After his beloved Blur died, he swore, “No more cats,” but Princess arrived, and refloofestation began.”
SUT (catfinition) – web slang to refer to a cat who walks, runs, and stands with a straight-up tail (SUT).
In use: “Except when encountering another cat, Papi is a galloping SUT.”
Infloofential (catfinition) – a feline exerting or possessing influence
In use: “He was in a hurry – as usual, believing in a wait and then hurry-up approach to getting things done – when the infloofential Quinn called a meow and floof-flopped at his feet, diverting his stream of activity into other things, like petting and talking to the cat.”
Delecat (catfinition) – to entrust a feline with a duty or responsibility.
In use: “In retrospect, he was foolish to think Princess was the best delecat for mousing, as she preferred companionship to hunting.”
Michael Seidel, writer 