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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...

Meow the Seventh – What’s in a Name?

What are the most common cat names in various countries? Below there are the top five cat names for the UK, Austria, Germany, and Russia. UK (according to yourcat.co.uk) Oscar, Charlie, Alfie, Poppy, Coco, Leo, Tilly, Molly, Jasper, Monty...

Meow the Sixth – Kitty, Moggie & Co

Meow the Sixth – Kitty, Moggie & Co

Word, words, words. This is not about quoting Shakespeare, but about different words that are used for cats: cat, tomcat, kitty, tabby, moggie, kitten, stray, feral cat, puss, furry friend, furball, … best friend, baby boy, baby girl, cutie, …...