# New kitty needs a name! (and is making typing this a lot more difficult) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795 "2008-04-17T22:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/1 "2008-04-17T22:16:45Z")
New [Kitteh](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ietFHt-kuec/SAd5_ckUFLI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Nu24emfDNQE/s1600-h/IMG_0124-A.jpg) ! This cute little bundle of fluff showed up underneath my apartment block a few days ago, and decided that she ought to be adopted… and she is now! The vet says that she’s basically in good health, about 2 months old. And we had to register her at the vet as “stray cat”, because we hadn’t thought of a name yet… and we still don’t! Suggestions please! (see above for kitteh pics) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/2 "2008-04-17T22:27:16Z")
Lamp. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/3 "2008-04-17T22:56:37Z")
Since she looks so good in an Elizabethan collar, I suggest that you name her Elizabeth. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/4 "2008-04-17T23:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Lamp. [/QUOTE] Actually, walking floor lamp might work a little better. Slee That is the funniest thing I’ve read in a while… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/5 "2008-04-17T23:10:22Z")
Prymaat! Aw, her cute… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/6 "2008-04-17T23:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Since she looks so good in an Elizabethan collar, I suggest that you name her Elizabeth. [/QUOTE] or Lizzy! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/7 "2008-04-17T23:19:10Z")
Oh, I love naming beasts. Turbulence and Random are up for grabs, as those two have gone to kitty heaven. I always liked Watch, Squish or Jiggle. Perhaps those only work when you use the Cat as a last name. You could also wait for a bit and name her after the first piece of Ikea furniture she scratches - that’s how Billy, Ivar and Sten got their names. Judging by the picture, you might consider “Funnellooking”. “Fraise” is the name for that type of Elizabethan collar, that might fly. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/8 "2008-04-17T23:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=Encinitas] or Lizzy! [/QUOTE] As a fan of the less-used short forms, I’d got with Zabet. Plus it sounds all cool and sci-fi-ish. Alternately, given that she has almost exactly the same expression on her face as that [National Geographic Afghani girl](http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/afghan-girl-portrait-photography.html), maybe you could go with [Sharbat](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/9 "2008-04-17T23:35:52Z")
I love lamp! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/10 "2008-04-17T23:42:54Z")
Aw, it’s a stripey kitty! I have one of those, named Tippy. What goes with stripes? Jailbait? Dapple. If the stripes go in a circle, are they called Rosettes? Anything that goes well with ‘the Destroyer’ is good. Mousebane, the Destroyer. Rosebud, the Destroyer. Well, maybe anything would go with ‘the Destroyer’. Maybe purring sounds, like Ruction or Rubric, Susurration or Murmur. I know one cat named Evenrude, because he was such a loud purrer. Whatever you name her, she’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/11 "2008-04-17T23:49:05Z")
_Hillary, the Destroyer_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/12 "2008-04-17T23:53:32Z")
Strays. Tab Tab. Lampy. Shady. Bitsy. Stripey…_the Destroyer_. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/13 "2008-04-17T23:58:07Z")
Pol Pot After killing the curtains… _Pol Pot, you are a very bad kitty!_ ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/14 "2008-04-18T00:15:18Z")
Elizabeth can be contracted to Zabet? I never knew! I swear, she’s been purring for an hour straight now… ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/15 "2008-04-18T00:20:17Z")
Funnelhead the Destroyer ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/16 "2008-04-18T03:08:07Z")
Stripy, The Destroyer of Lamps ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/17 "2008-04-18T03:42:35Z")
Was anyone else humming [Stray Cat strut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGg3_T_FcOQ) I almost wish you could keep the name. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/18 "2008-04-18T04:43:24Z")
Satellite Dish Sputnik Tel-star geocentric orbit Orbit gum lady Fabulous ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/19 "2008-04-18T05:07:05Z")
Tornado. She’s a frightening funnel-shaped object which will do untold damage to your home. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795/20 "2008-04-18T05:16:01Z")
[QUOTE=Tabby\_Cat] Elizabeth can be contracted to Zabet? I never knew! I swear, she’s been purring for an hour straight now.. [/QUOTE] Zabet…_the Destroyer_. Hee, that’s fun! Can’t wait til I get another kitty so I can try it out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-needs-a-name-and-is-making-typing-this-a-lot-more-difficult/445795.md?page=2)