Hubby’s cat has no official name. He’s been called FartCat, Leadfoot, Norbert, Cat, Boatcat, and an assortment of expletives best left unlisted. We probably need to settle on a name because he’s due for a trip to the vet.
Given Name: Max (she’s a girl, though) When she’s being mischievous: Stinker (As in…"Let go of my foot, you little stinker!) When she’s hyper: Maximum Kitty!! Generic alternate name: Maximus When she’s being snuggly: Maximush
Kitty #2
Given Name: Sophie Alternate names: Beautiful, Puff Kitty, So-Poofy, The Sophster, Sophie-Poo
Together they are: The Girls, You Knuckleheads, and The Kitties
(Sophie is a cat with a very serene, consistently sweet and shy demeanor, so her names don’t really go with different facets of her personality. Max, however, is a different story altogether! :D)
Oh–in my list above I forgot to mention Ozzy’s silliest nickname: “Nutro-Burning Funny Kitten.” When we first got him he was seriously hyper, so the spouse dubbed him our “Nitro-Burning Funny Kitten.” However, since he eats Nutro Max Kitten food, the nickname quickly underwent a slight change…
We have three cats, so we have lots of names being uttered in our house - usually all three in quick succession as Dear Husband can’t remember which cat he’s trying to call to!
Cat#1 (in no particular order) Romy
Nicknames: Romy-roo, crazy cat, Rome,
Can’t you read? Doesn’t this thread give you a clue? We can never call cats what we want to call them - they use mind control to make us convert from a perfectly good cat name like “Mr. Whiskers” to “Jon-a Jon-a Bigga Bigga Boota Kitty.”
Even now, in swank apartments all over the Upper West Side, literary types who carefully named their kitties after Henry James heroines and Greek gods are calling for “Lizard Boy” and “purr purr baby.”
I will be thousands and thousands of dollars that if you get a cat, and name that cat “cat,” within six months you will be calling it something like “Kee Kee delicious spelicious” and not even realize what you are saying!.
Cat were put on Earth to make humans look silly. Don’t try to fight it.
Real name: Henry Nickname: Hen, Duuude, Hank, Flopster, Boy-Cat; my SO calls him Monsieur Ballsack Positive Honorific: Dr. Henry Scooby Negative Honorific: Crapmonkey Endearment: Flopmonkey, Friend
Real name: Kalikat Nickname: Kali, Kal, Girl-Cat; my SO calls her Mini-Kitty Positive Honorific: Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World Negative Honorific: Kali-you-get-off-that-table-right-this-second-young-lady Endearment: Sweetness
And my dog, too: Real name: Ella Nickname: Ella Funt, Poo, Poochie; my SO calls her Lumpy Positive Honorific: Goodgirl Negative Honorific: Bratling Endearment: Love
Endearment: Pretty Girl, Peej (saying the initials in Pretty Girl as one word)
Generic term: None.
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My brother used to have a cat named Dammit. As in “come here, Dammit.”
My friend Rebecca gives her cat, Frank, nicknames off of the TV. Whatever happens to be said when he comes in the room. She once called him “Gas with Oily Discharge.”
Real name: Abercrombie
Nickname: Abby
Other names: Flabby Abby, Abby Wabby, Flabbery Abbery, Abbieeeeeeeee!, black cat, kitty poo 1
Real name: Fitch
Other names: Fitchy, Fitchy-Poo, Fitchy-Witchy or Fitchy Witch, Tatato (I have no idea why), mean and surly kitty, orange cat, kitty poo 2
On the vet charts, conversational reference name: Eponine
Day-to-day nickname: Eppy or Epicat
Affectionate name: Cuddle-kitty
Angry name: Little Bitch, Damn Cat
Generic reference: You With The Hairy Butt
I named my cat Henry Spanks. I thought, “What a great, original name for a cat.” There can be only one…
Real Name: Henry Spanks
Positive nickname: Hank
Negative: Lil’ bastard, Stinky butt
Endearment: Spanks
Generic: The little one
Real Name: Johhny Clyde
Positive: Big John
Negative: You fat f*cker
Endearment: Mr Clyde
Generic: Fatty-boom-batty
Real Name: Cassis (pronounced Cassy) Day-to-day Nickname: Cass Positive Honorific: Cat Negative Honorific: Dammit Cass! Endearment: (while pouncing on her and scratching her tummy and ears violently) Prettywittyittykitty! Generic term: n/a Most common complaint (to her): “Look…just. Shut up. Please.”
Real Name: Calvin Day-to-day Nickname: Cal, Booger, Snot, Stinker Positive Honorific: He has yet to earn it. Negative Honorific: “You Friggin’ Beast!” Endearment: (while pouncing on him and scratching his tummy and ears violently) Boogersnotmucoushead! Generic term: Pooper Most common complaint: "Good lord, did Calvin let one go again? Theme Song (sung to himself as he struts about): “I’m Calvin! Mighty Calvin! Everybody’s scared of me…!”
I used to work at a grooming clinic, and we had a kitty client whose “full name” was “Piwacket Vollnogle.” (But they did pronounce it pie-whack-it.) I couldn’t believe that ANYONE would ever name their pet “Piwacket”!!
(I’m not laughing AT you, I’m laughing WITH you! :D)
