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Perfloofcious (floofinition) – of a strong housepet disposition.
In use: “Domesticity changes animals. While dogs have become smaller compared to their ancestors, modern housecats are about sixteen percent larger than they were centuries ago. Despite that, domestic cats are so perfloofcious, most would struggle living as their wildcat cousins live.”
Floofasetic (floofinition) – a very satisfied housepet; a satisfying relationship with or between housepets.
In use: “The dog and cat slept together during most of the day, visiting the back yard together, eating side-by-side, and sleeping with their master on the sofa at night. The harmony was floofasetic.”
Floofstice (floofinition) – the time of a sun’s passing on a sleeping housepet.
In use: “Tigger always hunted the sunshine through the windows. Having lived in the same house for seven years, the tabby knew where to place himself for maximum floofstice, on most days. Clouds always forced him to the master bed, where he curled up by the pillows.”
Flooftator (floofinition) – 1. a housepet with total power over a household, typically obtained by begging, whining, threats, or obstinance; 2. (slang) a housepet that resembles a potato; 3 (slang) a housepet who doesn’t move much, akin to an animal version of a couch potato.
In use: “The fluffy little dog was a flooftator, but they delighted in indulging his preference to sleep and lounge on the sofa, laughing as he would stretch and wag his tail when they entered the room and said his name.”
Floofchotchke (floofinition) – knickknack or trinket that celebrates housepets.
In use: “As soon as she walked into her new boss’s office, she knew from the floofchotchke that he loved cats and dogs.”
Flooftopian (floofinition) – a place or setting modeled on the ideal situation for housepets.
In use: “After acquiring a new housepet, many owners seek to create a flooftopian habitat for their scales, fur, and feather companions, buying special food, toys, and decoration for them.”
Floofvering (floofinition) – to sweep up or vacuum fur and floofbris left by housepets.
In use: “With two long-hair indoor/outdoor cats and a long-hair dog, floofvering the floor was a daily task.”
Refloofcitrant (floofinition) – a housepet who is obstinately defiant of authority or restraint.
Related: recatcitrant (catfinition) – a cat who is obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; redogcitrant (dogfinition) a dog obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
In use: “Putting a leash on the dog proved a battle as he became refloofcitrant, finding new ways to resist the leash until the people finally gave up.”
Editing note: Yes, I know, I get a little silly with this stuff, don’t I?
Floofitiate (floofinition) – to make ineffective by making it useful for a housepet.
In use: “It hadn’t been planned as such but changes to the room – which had been his daughter’s bedroom until she married – such as three cat trees, one litter box, and two large dog beds, floofitiated its purpose.”
Floofcropolis (floofinition) – a city or fortification primarily used by housepets.
In use: “After the great animal revolution sent humans into hiding, many abused housepets trekked to a southern floofcropolis where food was shared and the animals helped one another recover from the cruelty the humans had inflicted on them.”
Michael Seidel, writer 