# New Kitty! (Wanna suggest names?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450 "2020-08-18T23:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/81 "2020-08-23T19:55:41Z")
Shadowcat (I’m sure Marvel won’t sue) DC, after Damn Cat Randall (bowdlerised to “Darn Cat” by Disney) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/82 "2020-08-23T19:59:05Z")
> [@Hilary\_Algar](#): > > In French the word for “thumb” is “la pouse.” > [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > La pouce is “thumb.” > > You could call your feline “poussez”, which means “push.” And sounds like "pussy.’ Uh, no? “Thumb” in French is le pouce. [Le petit] poucet (note the correct spelling) you could translate as “Tiny”. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/83 "2020-08-23T20:09:37Z")
Uh, yes. Le pouce. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/84 "2020-08-26T16:07:20Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > La pouce is “thumb.” > > You could call your feline “poussez”, which means “push.” And sounds like "pussy.’ There is also “le pet” which can mean thumb, fart, or whack/wallop. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/85 "2020-08-26T20:56:52Z")
So how about petomane (pet of mine)? Luckily cats are very seldom flatulent, but it’s smelly if they are! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/86 "2020-08-26T22:25:14Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > You could call your feline “poussez”, which means “push.” And sounds like "pussy.’ When naming pets, I always ask myself, “If it got out, and I had to run around the neighborhood yelling this, would anyone think I was crazy?” Poussez, doesn’t pass the test for me. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/87 "2020-08-27T01:03:00Z")
Clawdius. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/88 "2020-08-27T01:10:58Z")
[quote=“mheine, post:63, topic:918450, full:true”] … name was Foot-Foot … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XR9d4ESlpHY/hqdefault.jpg "My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY) ---
**Author:** ![mheine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mheine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mheine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/89 "2020-08-27T01:35:26Z")
That’s amazing. The Shaggs My Pal Foot Foot was where I got the name Foot Foot. I heard the song on the Alex Bennett Show on the radio in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/90 "2020-08-27T07:21:55Z")
“When naming pets, I always ask myself, “If it got out, and I had to run around the neighborhood yelling this, would anyone think I was crazy?” Poussez, doesn’t pass the test for me. LOL!” Very true. A year and a half ago I got a cat with what looks like half a 'tash on her face. The obvious name was not one I could call out at night: “Hitler! Hitler!” Since she is black and white, I named her after a well-known of drink that features two dogs, of different colors. Now, when I call her in at night, people just think I am a desperate alcoholic. “Whisky, whisky!” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/91 "2020-08-27T15:54:35Z")
Congrats to both of you! Lucky lady, lucky kitty. I nominate “Willis”. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/92 "2020-08-27T16:09:49Z")
Hi, @purplehorseshoe. How’s he doing? Keeping you too busy to weigh in? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/93 "2020-08-27T17:56:43Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I nominate “Willis”. Watchoo talkin’ bout? ---
**Author:** ![LilXMo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lilxmo/32/4225_2.png) [@LilXMo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilXMo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/94 "2020-08-28T19:46:57Z")
He’s beautiful! My ideas: Pounce Pepe le Pew (sp?) How about something eye-related since they are so large? Ideas: Flying Saucer Iris Hazel CleopatrO ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/95 "2020-08-30T08:48:25Z")
my stepdad had a lovablely rotten kitten … so he names him satan… and he ran outside when it was way to late for him to go outside one night …and we had devout mormon neighbors …and guess who was sneaking around the hood at 1:30 am trying to quietly call out "here satan come here " and such and the lady of the house heard me funny thing is the little #$@#@#@# turned around and ran back in the house but she got used to me looking for him she just shook her head … …funny thing tho i think the lady took him with her when she moved a few months later ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/96 "2020-08-30T12:54:46Z")
In Danish, mitten is vante or luffe. I had a cat named Luffe once upon a time, early seventies, I think. She was polydactyl and black. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/97 "2020-08-31T04:38:30Z")
J.J.J.J. Stunbolt ---
**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 31, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/98 "2020-08-31T04:45:18Z")
Presumably a name has been chosen by now. Who won? ---
**Author:** ![StoneDKr32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@StoneDKr32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoneDKr32)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/99 "2020-08-31T06:38:31Z")
Ussy with a P 😺 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/100 "2020-08-31T15:29:47Z")
I’m starting to get a bit worried that maybe something has happened to the cat. (The OP has been posting in other threads, so presumably is at least OK enough to post.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450.md?page=6)