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Tagged: meowlogism

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...

a white and grey tabby cat with its mouth slightly open

Catspeak Selection: July 2025

I share my life with a formidable an clawsome cat. Her arrival in my life was a meowmentous event. Purrplexed by her behaviour at times, she mastered the art of purrsuasion with purrsistence. She is a meowgical cat with...

A calico cat dozing on stone slabs

Catspeak Selection: February 2025

Just a quick roundup of February 2025: everyday catwords, cats in art, cat supermeowdels. Linguistically speaking, we are dealing here with word formation (i.e. morphology). ➡️ Leave your catspeak finds in the comments. We appreciate all catwords 🐈‍⬛ Everyday...

Meowlogism Encore

Just a quick research note as an add on. So nothing fancy, just a list of my latest finds of meowlogisms. котомодель (ukr. kotomodel’): Ukrainian meowlogism for “model”; used in an Instagram post by a cat shelter based in...