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4 facts about calling female cats “queens”

PoC avatarPosted on June 14, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 14, 2022

Here are 4 facts about calling female cats ‘queens’. I think that there is a misconception by quite a large number of people about how this description came about and is used. Why is a female cat called a queen? … Continue reading →

Posted in sayings | Tagged cat heat behavior, cat sayings, human to cat relationship, queens, Sayings, words | 4 Replies

Origin of the word ‘meow’ – it’s onomatopoeic

PoC avatarPosted on April 13, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 13, 2022

The origin of the word “meow” is an onomatopoeic representation of the actual sound that domestic cats make, usually when requesting something such as food, albeit that it is a stereotypic representation because the domestic cat meow is very variable … Continue reading →

Posted in words | Tagged cat sounds, cat sounds meow, cat vocalisations, words

Etymology of the word “allogrooming”

PoC avatarPosted on April 7, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 7, 2022

I have used the word “allogrooming” a lot. I discovered the word many years ago in writing articles for this website. You would not normally use it because it’s rather an unusual word. As you probably know it describes the … Continue reading →

Posted in allogrooming | Tagged allogrooming, cat behavior, words

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – origin and history

PoC avatarPosted on January 26, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 26, 2022

This is a page on the origin and history of the saying “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. I am very thankful to a French citizen, who speaks and writes English better than many Brits, Pascal TrĂ©guer, who completed a … Continue reading →

Posted in sayings | Tagged cat sayings, Sayings, words

Clowder – definition and origin

PoC avatarPosted on January 26, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 26, 2022

A clowder is a group of cats in the same place1 (see the picture above). I was prompted into researching the word by Shelley, who posted this article recently: I love ferals. The interesting thing about this old fashioned and … Continue reading →

Posted in words | Tagged Clowder, clowder of cats, kindle, kindle of kittens, words | Leave a reply

TikTok thinks that ‘Maine Coon’ may be associated with hateful behaviour

PoC avatarPosted on January 23, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 23, 2022

You can’t search for “Maine Coon” on TikTok because their internal search engine rejects the term as they think that it ‘may be associated with hateful behaviour’. It’s time to change the name of the Maine Coon đŸ˜¢. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in words | Tagged language, maine coon, search engines, tiktok, woke, words | Leave a reply

Copycat – origins of the word

PoC avatarPosted on January 12, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 12, 2022

The origins of are quite difficult to trace actually and I am not sure I have the answer but here goes. I have included the answers of other people as well for comparison. It is not unusual for the origin … Continue reading →

Posted in sayings | Tagged cat history, cat sayings, language, words | 3 Replies
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