Floofbish (catfinition) – a meek or timid cat.
In use: “She’d seem like a floofbish tabby in the shelter, but once she was home and out of the kennel, she became as imperial as a queen and as powerful as a supercat.”
Wednesday’s Bumper Sticker
This one has been around for decades.
Flooflick
Flooflick (catfinition) – cats’ playful actitivity, behavior and antics.
In use: “The cats liked the night hours to arise and flooflick, chasing one another in mock combat, climbing whatever is offered, and stalking small bugs and objects.”
Floofvitation
Floofvitation (catfinition) – a cat’s manner of requesting that something be done.
In use: “Deciding he wanted under the covers, Quinn tapped Michael’s head as a floofvitation to let him in.”
Tuesday’s Theme Music
Today’s music is feline inspired. I swear I could hear my cat singing this when I went through my morning rituals. As I went from room to room and activity to activity, he tagged along. Sometimes he would lean against my leg when I stopped, but he also sat on my foot, or stopped and peeked around the corner. When I moved, he moved, following me around.
Here it is, courtesy of Tucker’s inspiration, Little Peggy March (which I had to look up) with “I Will Follow Him” from 1963.
Floobsession
Floobsession (catfinition) – a cat’s persistent preoccupation with an activity or idea.
In use: “Papi’s water floobsession drove him awake in the other room. A thump was heard as he jumped to the floor, followed by thundering paws as he galloped down the hall, into the kitchen, and leaped up on the counter with a Cheshire cat grin and a question mark tail.”
Good-bye
Saying good-bye on the phone has become interesting in America. I know some that say nothing when the call is due to end. They’re done, and, saying nothing, they hang up.
It’s weird when it’s experienced. “Hello?” I say. “Are you there?”
Then I listen.
No; they’re not there.
I hang up with the assumption, I guess the call was done, but they didn’t say good-bye. Maybe they were disconnected. Maybe they were nuked, or dropped their phone in the commode. Whichever and whatever it is, the lack of a formal good-bye, farewell, or so-long leaves me feeling that closure is missing.
Others are like me, saying, “Bye-bye.”
Bye-bye, like a child. Yeech. I don’t like saying that, but it seems my rote response. I don’t know where the hell I picked it up, but I even often used it in the military. “Yes, sir,” I’d say to the wing commander. “I’ll call you back when I have an update on the bomb threat.”
“Good. Thank you, sergeant.”
“You’re welcome, sir. Bye-bye.”
Very professional.
This came to mind today because of an early morning call. The stranger, who called to confirm a service, ended with, “Okay, thank you, see you later, bye.”
I guess they were trying to cover all the bases.
Floofcination
Floofcination (catfinition) – the quality of a person becoming engrossed in watching a cat absorbed in watching or doing an activity.
In use: “Whenever the cats became fascinated with something, he found himself losing time as floofcination took over.”
One Piece
When you’re vacuuming, you ever notice there’s always one piece, usually lint, but typically a clump of cat fur in our house, that has supernatural powers to resist the vacuum? You run the sweeper over it repeatedly, but it defiantly stays on the floor, sometimes moving around and pretending that it’s been sucked up, only to re-appear a few moments later. Then you’re forced to other courses of action to get it up, even stooping to pick it up and feed it to the vacuum, just to prove who has the power.
Yeah, that’s so annoying.
Incatation
Incatation (catfinition) – spells and verbal charms used to call felines; many people often mistakenly think they’re calling a cat’s name, but cats don’t share their true names with other species.
In use: “Calling, “Here kitty, kitty,” he hoped the incatation would work on Ashley. Darkness and snow were falling, and he wanted her home safe and warm.”
