Floof-partnered (floofinition) – When people chose to be with animals over humans.
In use: “She’d been floof-partnered for over twelve years, and couldn’t be happier with her small floofnagerie of fur people.”
Komprofloof
Komprofloof (floofinition) – Information about their owners that housepets know.
In use: “The cats and dogs had a great deal of komprofloof on Karen. Karen was supposedly such a healthy eater but her pets knew better. Although she suspected that they couldn’t and wouldn’t betray her, she always shared her secret snack foods…just in case.”
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I saw a variation of this on my sister’s car. She’s a fit runner. I can’t keep up.
Floofperstition
Floofperstition (floofinition) – Excessively credulous reverence for animals and their powers, especially their ability to bring luck to humans.
In use: “Daniel didn’t consider himself superstitious, but talking to his dog, Chaparral, he realized that he’d developed a floofperstition that his lab was a good luck talisman. Since rescuing the dog, he’d won the lottery, published a bestseller, fallen in love and married, and now had his first baby. Coincidence? That’s what some would say. Others would say luck. He said, floofperstition; it was the dog.”
Floofstache
Floofstache (floofinition) – Marking on animal that resembles human facial hair that’s known as a mustache.
In use: “All black, the dignified tuxedo had a white floofstache that gave her face magnificent gravitas.”
Floofnel
Floofnel (floofinition) – Animal fur that has a soft texture and feel reminiscent of a flannel fabric.
In use: “He loved to have Barney lay snug against his chest, and enjoyed stroking the animals’ floofnel back with long, leisurely caresses, finding it relaxing and stress-reducing.”
Catafloof
Catafloof (floofinition) – An animal going by with such speed that it appears to have been fired out of a cannon or catapulted like a jet taking off an aircraft carrier.
In use: “Hearing her wife getting a snack in the kitchen, Angie grinned as three catafloofs – two cats and a dog – entered from the hall and headed for the sounds’ origins.”
