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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...

Catspeak Selection: June 2025

Here is the June 2025 list of catspeak words. Enjoy! The meowpheme (morpheme) is given in <> as is usually done in linguistics.This month <meow> and <purr> are the top meowphemes in the selection of catspeak words.

Cat-related Keywords and Platforms: The Excel Sheets

Where do cat afficionados use which feline-inspired words?Here’s a roundup – based on the surveys I did for my book “Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cats Online” (due out in February 2023). Or put differently, the analysis...

Meownologue: Thoughts on Research and Cats

“No one can fault the outcome of your research as long as your methodology is correct” This is what my supervisor said when I was working on my PhD. And this is what I tell my own students when...