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Tyrannafloofus (floofinition) – An animal would terrorizes or dominates others. Sometimes shortened to T-Floof.
In use: “The dog weighed about seven pounds, but had a Tyrannafloofus’ fierce bark and attitude, absolutely dominating the household’s other pets, and never backed down.”
Floofjustment (floofinition) – 1. A correction or modification to reflect sharing a home with animals.
In use: “Inviting a cat or dog into a home to live often requires floofjustments, and those floofjustments probably change as the animal matures and ages.”
2. An animal’s change or shift to accommodate a situation.
In use: “A new animal’s arrival often forces floofjustment on the current residents, such as sharing food and water bowls, or window and lap space.”
Eminent Floofmain (floofinition) – The power of an animal to lay claim to another’s property, and assume the right to use it.
In use: “The office chair had been purchased for his work, but every time he stood, the cat jumped onto it, attempting to impose eminent floofmain.”
Floofsession (floofinition) – 1. Someone who has an inordinately passionate fixation about animals.
In use: “Her effort to rescue one puppy become a floofsession to find, help, and rehome strays and abused animals.”
2. A visit focused on seeing or socializing with animals.
In use: “Petting zoos are an effective floofession for young children, giving them access to different animals under supervised conditions.”
3. An object or activity which keeps an animal’s attention.
In use: “With birds and squirrels busy in the backyard, the cats and dogs all developed a floofsession for looking out the back window.”
Profloofsional (floofinition) – Relating or belonging to a floof.
In use: “Although profloofsional bedding has been purchased and set up for the pets to use, many of them view the bed and sofa as legitimate profloofsional places to sleep.”
Notflooftional (floofinition) – Existing in an animal’s mind only.
In use: “Many animals see notflooftional threats in noisy things like vacuum cleaners, and will disappear when the machine shows up.”
Floofwallow (floofinition) – (Floofchaic) Wearied or worn out by an animal’s floofturnal activities.
In use: “When the alarm went off, he didn’t want to get up, feeling floofwallowed after his cat’s two, three, four, and five o’clock energy floofbursts.”
Floofsomnia (floofinition) – Inability to sleep, or tossing and turning at night, due to one or more animals’ behavior.
In use: “She was often suffering floofsomnia, with the cat rising at floof dark thirty to play and eat, and the dog taking up more of the bed until she found herself hanging on the edge.”
Floofvanism (floofinition) – Exaggerated belief in the superiority of animals.
In use: “As greater acts of kindness and intelligence are videoed and shared on the net, like animals saving other animals from drowning, or cats rescuing puppies (and dogs saving kittens), a commiserate rise in floofvanism has been observed.”
Floofhook (floofinition) – Move by animals (especially by pets) to stop others by corralling them with a paw (or a claw, or feigned bite), often employed when they’re seeking attention.
In use: “Carrie made to walk around her cat, Jade, who stopped her with a floofhook to the ankle.”
Michael Seidel, writer 