{"id":1566,"date":"2016-10-19T04:41:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2016-10-19T04:41:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:41:45","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-a-cat-by-any-other-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 A Cat by Any Other Name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe Cats Are Smarter, Too<\/p><\/div>\n

Ever heard of a moggie? You may see this term when you visit cat-related sites originating abroad. The term is widely used in the UK as an affectionate expression for a cat without a pedigree. Kind of cute, isn\u2019t it? As with many terms and phrases, there\u2019s a discrepancy as to where this one came from.<\/p>\n

You have probably noticed my play on cat words in the titles of my Klepto Cat Mysteries. PAWtners instead of Partners; Purrfect instead of Perfect; MEOWvelous in place of Marvelous. And how did you like the latest title\u2014The Amazing CATventure? Yes, I do take liberties\u2014such as, Cabin FURvor, CATnapped, and PAWsitively\u2026and I take license with well-known phrases, as well\u2014Sleight of Paw, Cats in Cahoots, Mansion of Meows, and Claws for a Cause.<\/p>\n

While pawing<\/em> through the Internet this week, I found a couple of other terms I thought you\u2019d get a kick out of: Ridezilla<\/em> is a cat that howls on the way to the vet. Preoccupootion<\/em> refers to the look of concentration on a cats face while she sits in the litter box.<\/p>\n

Do you have any you\u2019d like to share? I think all cat people come up with interesting terms and phrases from time to time.<\/p>\n

And what about endearing terms for your cat (or the opposite)? Certainly, a cat who \"img_0201\"doesn\u2019t follow the household rules and jumps up on the counter when you\u2019re not looking, chews on your house plants, drags your undies out when you have company, digs in your guests\u2019 purses, shreds paper money, etc., can inspire interesting names.<\/p>\n

Lily has a kidney condition and she creates huge clumps in the litter box. I call her \u201cPee-body.\u201d When she does something silly, I might refer to her as \u201cLily Noodle-Doodle.\u201d Right now, she\u2019s curled up in my lap\u2014she\u2019s my \u201cFurry-Purry Girl.\u201d What terms do you use with your cats?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever heard of a moggie? You may see this term when you visit cat-related sites originating abroad. The term is widely used in the UK as an affectionate expression for a cat without a pedigree. Kind of cute, isn\u2019t it? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}