Catconnoiter (definition): for a feline to make an observation of an area.
In Use: “After eating his first breakfast, Scheckter catconnoitered his yard each morning to ensure order remained, doing his business in brush along the fence.”
Pawticular
Pawticular (definition): A cat’s food, drinking or sleeping preference.
In use: “Scheckter was pawticular about drinking water from the bathroom sink while it dribbled out in low volume.”
Catalong
Catalong (definition): A feline habit of following or accompanying others during their activities.
In use: “Whenever Crystal heard the key in the lock, she would jump up to go greet her people, and her kittens would catalong.”
Catangle
Catangle (definition): the geometric shape formed by three or more cats’ positioning while lounging or observing human activity. When three cats group, the catangle often becomes a triangle; sometimes they are surreally equilateral.
Leglove
Leglove (definition): a cat’s habit of rubbing or brushing up against a person’s leg to show their affection or request attention.
Meowrish
Meowrish (Definition): a bold, rising crescendo of sounds made by a cat.
In use: “Quinn enters a room with a non-stop meowrish that ends with an chirpy “Meow.””
Catspective
Catspective (definition): the feline’s view of an existing scene.
Synonyms: purrspective.
In use: “From Cleo’s catspective, food was being put out to be eaten, and she liked eating. Therefore, the Thanksgiving spread was there for her to eat.”
Startercat
A startercat is an embodiment of a perfect house cat. Neat, sweet, loving, fun, smart, sociable, they’re companions for people without drama or effort.
Startercats ruin it for people. They establish an impossibly high standard of expectations for all future cats that arrive in the house. The others will usually find their niche with you, but it’s infrequently as easy as it was with the startercat.
Unless you’re fortunate enough to encounter another startercat.
Cateract
Cateract (definition): a feline’s amusing or entertaining behavior, which can also be irritating and exasperating.
In use: “I had a fake fishing worm. About ten inches long, it was very flexible and wiggled when you moved it. It’d tied it to some fishing line and would throw it out across the living room floor, and then drag it back, causing it to wiggle. Jade, of course, loved that, chasing, batting and capturing the worm, often carrying it away as a trophy. However, Jade clearly detested touching the worm.
“It was kept in a bowl, on a shelf, on a bookcase. Somehow, Jade knew it was there. Her cateract was to jump onto the shelf and paw the worm out of the bowl onto the floor. After jumping down, she’d picked it up in her mouth and carry it over to me, and drop it by my feet. Then she would tap it and sit back to wait for me to play.
“Of course, her behavior delighted us. We couldn’t say what it was about her expression that stated, “This is disgusting.” But something was there.”
Pawcurl
Pawcurl (definition): a cat’s motion of forming a curved shape with its paw, claws extended, to display joy, happiness, or satisfaction.
Michael Seidel, writer 