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Meowphology

Words like purrfect and pawsome are everywhere in the cativerse, and they work because they follow actual linguistic patterns. Once you know linguistics behind these feline word creations, you can catify any word you want. Meowphology Meowphology is the study of how we form...

Tech Cat about Substack

How technology shapes our communication No need to be scared, this newsletter has not gone all technology — just a bit in this month’s issue. The simple reason is that, with our mobile phones, PCs, tablets, laptops, and whatnots,...

Judgement Day

Why we know you’re a cat person the moment you say ‘hooman’ or ‘cattitude.’ We cat owners know that cats are judgmental. Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us, and I don’t think that they think...

Purrieties of Language

It’s all about cat-inspired language varieties Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community they are in and on the social media platform they are on. Whether it’s Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or X...