# Help name our new cat **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226 "2011-08-26T21:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/21 "2011-08-27T02:02:19Z")
My rule of thumb is to imagine yourself with your precious pet at the vet’s office. Imagine a technician calling you to the exam room by yelling your pet’s name over the crowded lobby. If you’re OK with that name being yelled across a crowded lobby, then go for it. I vote other, though I don’t have a suggestion without a photo. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/22 "2011-08-27T02:18:29Z")
I’ve always held to the principle that there’s no point in giving a name to anything that isn’t going to respond to it. Which is why all of that cats I’ve had have been named “the cat”. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/23 "2011-08-27T02:26:44Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think it involves receiving fellatio while the female is raiding Firelands. I LOL’d. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/24 "2011-08-27T02:37:16Z")
[the cat](http://bayimg.com/pAJEJAaDm). The poll results aren’t binding. Frankly, the Mrs. will spend most of the time with the cat regardless, so she gets the final decision. I plan to call him Wowbagger in my head though. He looks like a Wowbagger. Wowbagging holds no particular context for me beyond insulting people in an orderly, serial fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/25 "2011-08-27T02:37:28Z")
I’ve never known a cat named “Other,” so I voted for it. It’s got the right hint of aloofness. Just saw the photo. Sweet cat! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/26 "2011-08-27T03:09:59Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > Oh, gosh. I just went to the pet store the other day and bought four goldfish for my pond. I named the smallest ‘Pixel’. Within days, he came to an unfortunate end. Silly fish. Shouldn’t have tried to walk through walls. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/27 "2011-08-27T03:19:15Z")
definately a wowbagger, but yeah, wowbagger the immortal is, I think, more appropriate judging by the pic ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/28 "2011-08-27T03:19:22Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Silly fish. Shouldn’t have tried to walk through walls. which is pretty much what happened - he approached the intake tube a bit too closely and was sucked into the pump. I blame myself. I should have realized that he was, yes - that small! nevertheless… On seeing the new cat’s pic, I can only see him now as ‘Bubba’. He is clearly a ‘Bubba’. (Yah, I once had a big orange cat named ‘Bubba’ and he was so very, very cool!) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/29 "2011-08-27T03:43:26Z")
I voted other; that cat is clearly named [Morris](http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/files/2010/06/Morris_the_Cat.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/30 "2011-08-27T03:55:44Z")
I’d call him Buddha. He has this look of beatific bliss. StG ---
**Author:** ![taffygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/31 "2011-08-27T03:56:35Z")
After seeing the expression on his face, I gotta vote Genghis. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/32 "2011-08-27T04:05:22Z")
He’s very handsome, and rather smug. I love me some orange kitties! ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/33 "2011-08-27T05:32:09Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think it involves receiving fellatio while the female is raiding Firelands. …I don’t wanna know what happens if she gets the fire kitty staff. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/34 "2011-08-27T05:44:27Z")
I don’t like any of them. I shall write in a vote for Underfoot. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/35 "2011-08-27T05:49:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think it involves receiving fellatio while the female is raiding Firelands. Sounds like something some douchebag shaman in wolf-form does on your corpse while griefing you… (No, I have no bitter memories, why do you ask!) ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/36 "2011-08-27T08:56:58Z")
What a lovely cat, Doc! But he looks way too peaceful and happy to be a Genghis Anything. I suggest you get to know him better before hanging a name on him. One will develop. Have a happy cat! ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/37 "2011-08-27T09:28:40Z")
> [@taffygirl](#): > > After seeing the expression on his face, I gotta vote Genghis. Seconded! (but I’d voted Wowbagger in the poll before seeing the pic) ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/38 "2011-08-27T10:32:06Z")
Tarquin Fintimlimbimlimbimwhimbimlin Bus Stop Ftang Ftang Olay Biscuit Barrel. It’s only fitting. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/39 "2011-08-27T10:52:44Z")
Gerald Capital H Musker Banjo Calypso Durian Kumara Bandersnatch Squirl Jasper Ampersand Machu Picchu Saskatoon Zyzzyx ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226/40 "2011-08-27T11:28:27Z")
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