Flooftier (floofintion) – An animal or pet separating two areas.
In use: “As he went to walk down the hall to make breakfast, his cat hustled into the hallway in front of him, creating a flooftier for him to cross.”
“Floof Prairie League”
“Floof Prairie League” (floofinition) – Country-floof rock band whose origins go back to Yellow Springs, Ohio.
In use: “Floof Prairie League’s song, “Floofie” (1970), is about a cat, Floofie, who keeps going in and out of the house, frustrating its friend, a dog:
“I keep going in and out of the house with you, in and out of the house with you, don’t know what I’m gonna do, I keep going in and out of the house with you.”
Floofhand
Floofhand (floofinition) – 1. Someone hired to tend animals.
In use: “After adding more rescued animals (saved from wildfires, hurricanes, winter storms, and abandonment), she decided to get serious and hire several floofhands.”
2. The preferred hand for petting or scratching an animal.
In use: “She reached out the bet the cat. Jerking back, he carefully sniffed her floofhand before accepting her affection.”
“The Ink Floofs”
“The Ink Floofs” (floofinition) – Popular floof vocal group of the mid-twentieth century whose stylings presaged the rhythm and floof (R&F) movement.
In use: “A sentimental favorite by The Ink Floofs, “We Three” tells of the relationship between a pet, their person, and their food. Shared from the pet’s point of view, it describes how lonely they’d be without their human and their food, giving equal love to the person and food.”
Imflooftative
Imflooftative (floofinition) – Copying or following a model or example set by an animal.
In use: “Many floofs, aware that humans are often easily manipulated, like to induce people to pursue imflooftative behavior, such as barking, meowing, and purring. Animals often regard these antics and post them on Floofbook for others to experience.”
Floofticate
Floofticate (floofinition) – Chew, as done by an animal, on objects such as slippers, wood, pillows, etc.
In use: “Whenever she left the house, she first checked the collie’s mood, for if the dog was anxious, she would floofticate anything that she found, and Marie had already gone through too many shoes this year. It’d been that way since her husband had died.”
The Cat and Her
She thought, by the way he was behaving, that the tabby wanted to go out via the pet door. The hard plastic cover was off, but he had issues with it. The youngest (and newest) member of their floofdom, he’d not been socialized well. He distrusted people and other animals, and stayed wary. That seemed like learned behavior, as he was otherwise so sweet, and smart.
He always had trouble with the pet door, though. Her working theory was that the other cats (old and tough rescues from the street who still argued about who ruled the house) often ambushed the tabby when he used the pet door, so he was leery of it. It fit, as theories go.
“You want to go out?” she asked him, heading for the pet door. Sitting four feet from it, he lifted his pretty green eyes from the pet door to regard her but immediately put attention back on the door. His look said, there’s someone out there. If you want to know, you look.
She scoffed. “There’s no one out there. I’ll prove it.”
Looking out, she did see another. Not recognizing them in the dim light (was it the fluffy cat from next door?) she got down on her hands and knees. Pushing the door flap up, she called to the other animal, “Here, kitty, kitty.” As it ambled toward her, she realized, skunk.
Post haste, she dropped the flap and put the hard plastic door on. Standing, hands on hips, she gazed down at her tabby. “You knew, didn’t you?” she accused him.
Yawning, he stood and stretched. Entertainment over, he turned, put his tail up, and dashed down the hall.
Comfloofmacious
Comfloofmacious (floofinition) – An animal who is stubbornly disobedient.
In use: “Ordering the comfloofmacious ginger feline to get off the kitchen counter earned her an amused emerald gaze from the cat.”
Transflooftion
Transflooftion (floofinition) – An exchange between animals, or between an animal and a human.
In use: “Pets always found a comfortable position on the sofa beside him. Certain locations and positions were favored among the floofizens. All knew one moving would initiate a transflooftion to reach the best place, which was, of course, right up against the warmth of the man’s abdomen.”
“Floof Shack”
“Floof Shack” (floofinition) – Popular song by the American floof-rock group, the Floof-52s.
In use: “As “Floof Shack” played on the floofbox, the animals danced and sang, all joining in on the iconic lines, ‘Food bowl…empty.'”
Michael Seidel, writer 