Snickers' Clawssary

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SNICKERS BOOK

Hi and Welcome to my page, I am Snickers, sorry to say the second cat in my family, but I don't care, I get first dibs on mommy's lap when she doesn't have that black thing on her lap. If the left arm of her chair isn't taken up by a mess of papers I am sitting there. I just love to lie on mommy's lap but I don't like to be picked up and cuddled, you can pet me if you can find me. I'm not to fond of people coming into our home, but this home on the web is great and I love everyone to visit me.

Below is a picture of me at my favorite hobby, messing up mommy's throw rugs, heehee, I just love to do that and try to hide from my sister Candy...of course she can't see me......LOL, now I'm starting to talk like mommy.

I hope you enjoy your visit and sign my guest book before you leave.

Agouti: Hairs with bands of several shades, like those of the Abyssinian and Singapura

Ailurophile: Cat lover

Ailurophobe: Person who's scared of felines; what a cat would call a fraidy-human

Brachycephalic: With an abnormally short nose and flattened face, like some Persians

Breed standard: Description of the ideal cat of a certan breed. Totaling 100 points for dozens of factors from color of eyes to length of tail, it's the basis for grading purebreds in show competition.

Cataclysm: Earth tremor caused by cats stamping their feet around an emptyfood bowl

Catacomb: Fluffy's grooming aid --something Snickers does not like.

Catalyst: Written reminder of essentials to buy, like cat food, turkey, tuna

Catamaran: Anything a cat can pounce on to deliver her from the tub at bath time

Catamite: What makes kitty's ear itch

Catamount: The best portion of anything

Catapult: Special pounce that propel cats to the tops of bookcases and refrigerators

Catechism: Kitty's prayer book

Cat'scradle: Behind the knees of a friendly, reclining human

Claws and effect: Kitty Karma

Cool cat: This sounds like a feline who's hip to the latest trends, but in breeder's terminology it's a kitty whose coat is a cool color like silver or blue.

Dominant gene: Genetic trait that when carried is always expressed

Down Hair: Soft,insulating hair in undercoat

ESP: Extrasensory purrception, a cat's sixth sense that enables him to complete nine lives

Felinity: The essence of cattiness, synonym for Purrfection

Furball: The main event on the feline social calendar

Furnish: To decorate carpet, couch and chairs by sheding hairs of opposite hue.

Furtive: Cat in a seafood market

Gauntlets: White hind paws on a colored cat

Ghost markings: Faint tabby markngs sometimes seen in the coats of solid-colord kittens

Guard hairs: Long, coarse hairs that protect the undercoat and aid in waterproofing

Hisstory: Account of cat fight

Hock: The feline ankle

Hot: Reddish coat colors

Jacobson's organ: A sensory organ in the cat's nasal cavity that analyzes tastes as well as smells

King of beasts: The lion, or any tomcat who wins your heart

Kitten Cap: Underlying color seen on the heads of some white kittens. It fades with age.

Kitty corner: The section of the room that offers the most comfortable furniture

Kvetch: Complain about going to the doctor

Leap year From age two to three, when cats perfect their high jumps

Litterature: Restroom reading matter

Locket: Medallion of white hair on the chest of a colored cat

Mewseum: Institution that houses the works of great artists, like Pawcasso and Mirow

Mewspaper: Too depressing to read, but sanitary enough to shred for emergency litter box filler

Mittens: White forpaws on a colored cat

Nictitating membrane: A thin third eyelid, situated below the eye near its inner corner, that acts as a protective mechanism when a cat senses a danger to its eyes

Nose stop: A change in direction seen in profile at the top of a cat's nose, also called a nose break

Octopuss: Eight-kitten litter

Odd eyes: Not strange, just of different colors. A white Angora or Persian, for example, sometime has one blue eye and one gold.

Pawtucket: Explanation for the disappearance of any shiny object

Purrchase: Game of tag

Purrgatory: Where naughty cats go to be purrfected

Purrple: Cats' favorite color

Purrspective: The view from a sunny window

Puss in Boots Cat making a fashion statement

Queen: A cat having kittens, or any female cat that wins your heart

Random breeding: Choosing one's own mate without the help of a breeder

Rexing: A mutation causing a curly coat

Ruff: Longer fur, reminiscent of a lion's mane that appears on the neck and chest of some cats

Scent marking: Marking territory with urine or scent from facial glands

Self: Coat of one color

Sepia: Dark color on a cat's extremities, shading to a lighter tone of the same color on its body

Spectacles: Bands of white or lighter hair around a cat's eyes

Tabby: Pattern of stripes or patches nature invented to protect cats in the wild, dominant among purebreds and random-breds alike. Its most distinctive characteristic is the big "M" on a cat's forehead, like the one that gave TV star Morris his name.

Trivial purrsuit: Chasing a gnat

Turkey trot: Race to the Thanksgiving table

Undercoat: Layer of insulating fur underthe topcoat, common in breeds like the Maine Coon that originated in cold climates

Van: Pattern of color on the head and tail only

Vowels: Scientists' name for mews

Wool: Smart cats pull this over their humans' eyes all the time; some Siamese also like to snack on it.

Zen: The art of living contentedly in the present, this is the natural state of consciousness for cats and can be learned by contemplating your kitty.

Hope you had a good visit and learned a lot... Snickers

This is a special gift I received from Sergei. Thank you Sergei (you are a handsome cat-Meeow)

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