Conference misery::feline

    I call my girl- a 3 year old Sheltie:
    
    Chubba
    KZ=Crazy Dog
    Boo Boo Dog
    Poopy
    Mamas Girl
    
    
    Not real insulting except for Chubba- ;)
    But weird! tee hee
    
    SueJ & Sydney
                                         

    
    Nothing to confess.  My cats' nicknames:
    
    (Rocky) Thunderpurr
    Pretty Boy (Floyd)
    Little (Robin) Whitefoot
    (Blueberry) Marshmallow Mushmuffin
    
    len.
     

    
    Hmm, we have "dog-ese" for our siameses, "dumbo" for our big blue 
    point when he was little - his ears were so big (the rest of him
    filled in over the years ;-)), "toothless wonder" for the same
    blue point since the vet took all his teeth, "bruce lee" for our
    seal point who flipped and twisted in mid air in kittenhood,
    "sam(antha)my bammy" or "teenie weenie" for our full grown female 
    abbysinian who looks so "stunted" next to the big siamese. 
    And "yo pig" for whoever eats up the others' food. 
    
    Eva 

    The cats are just what they are, the fruits. 
    
    However, Sonja, the samoyed from hell, is often referred to as Broccoli
    Brain, stoooopid, the great white *itch................
    There are days I think her heart condition has affected her brain.  
    
    meg

    Amelia sometimes gets called "Meals".  It's short for Meals on Paws.
    She gained quite a bit of weight since her kitten days and doesn't
    carry it all that well.  An former boyfriend gave her the Meals on Paws
    nickname.
    
    Carrie is my Airhead Kitty.  Always on the wrong side of every door...
    including doors that are open.
    
    Onyx is Bully Cat.  He has to dominate every other cat in the house.
    
    Mac (short for MacGuyver) gets called Mac-a-loon or Looney Toons quite
    often.  He's just the tiniest bit off the deep end most of the time.
    
    Ashlar's nickname is Whiner Cat.  I honestly believe he thinks if he
    didn't come whine at me for dinner no one would ever get fed.  You
    should hear him in the morning after my shower..."Mommmmmm, I'm not
    getting any attentionnnnn". <said in his best whiny voice>
    
    Dolly and Joey don't have any less than flattering nicknames.  They're
    just too darned sweet for their own good.
    
    Jan
             

Well, I'll fess up...

There's Bug-girl and Whale-Boy.  The first because she's small (in 
comparison to all the other cats I've had) and the second because 
he's as big as one, expecially when he flops on the floor and just 
sort of oozes all over.



k

    
    Oh and my cats... OOpss forgot where I was! ;)
    
    Boo Boo Kitties
    Pyscho (Mercedes)
    Ralex (Alex)
    Faddy Maddy (Madonna)
    

    
    
    	Sasha  is Poophead, Pouffytail  (Maine Coon)
    	Audrey is Munchkinface, Dumbasastone (cuz she is), Grace (cuz she
    		isn't!)  (siamese)
    	Gilligan is Gillipoop (that's what Shane calls him), MonsterChild,
    		 and WhinerBoy (he whines if he doesn't want to be held and
    		 when he wants to eat)
    	Pandora ....... hmmm........ she doesn't really have any bad 
    		nicknames.  I call her Momma's Pretty Black Girl from		
    		time to time.
    
    	JJ
    

    Ooh, these are great, keep 'em coming!
    
    I really don't think the furfaces mind (except for the occasional
    cocked ear of annoyance at the same_old_old_sameness of it all) because
    they know *we'll* never know their Secret Names  ]:3
    
    My ol' lady kitty, Moon (RIP) was "Fatty Bad"... because she was
    neither.
    
    Leslie

    Hmmmm....here are my nicknames:
    
    Capone   = Bubba or Cacabutt
    Dewey    = Dewhead or Dirty Dewey
    Poco     = Pocogigio  
    Barkley  = Big boy
    Angus    = Angie Bangie
    Chloe    = Chubs
    Abby     = Habeb
    Moses    = Maniac man  Farthead..(and other names I can't say)
    J.C.     = hmmm..no nickname
    Bogart   = Bogie
    Rio      = Blame it on Rio
    Katy     = hmmm...no nickname
    Van Gogh = VG or boogs
    Briggs   = hmmm..no nickname
    
    

    We have nicknames for everyone - I'm surprise the poor animals
    know their real names!
    
    Big Red = Pooh, Poopy, Pooperhead, Pooperscoop, (he drags
              his butt on the carpet - no worms, no plugged anal sacs,
              he just likes the way it feel I guess)
    
    Rocky   = Rockers, Pretty Boy, Rock Star, Airhead (he is really 
              beautiful, but dumb as a post), IQ
    
    Moki    = Mokers, Moki-Doki, Sneezy (he does), Snots (sinus problems)
    
    Belle   = Belle-belle, Belly-butt, *itch Girl
    
    Mips    = Mipeze, Pippers, Kitty-slut (she's always hanging around
              with the boys :-)
    
    Rommel (ferret) = Rom-Rom, Rum-Tum, Old Man 
    
    Jenny (ferret)  = Boo Boo, Boo Boo Girl, Coco-Puff
    
    Troubles (ferret) = Troubs, Tubbles, Tubbly-twos
    
    Prince (ferret) = Mr. Waddles (he's fat!), Pince Nez, Principal Man,
                      Spaghetti Head, The Ferret Formerly Known As
    
    Nova (ferret) = Novi, Novi-Posy, Silly Boy

    I forgot one of Onyx's nicknames..."Pud".  It's short for "the big
    Puddy Cat" which sometimes becomes "the big puddin cat"
    
    Jan 

Lucy 
~~~~
loose-babe (as in easy woman - far from it our lady lucy is) 
wussie-pie (when she's being a big girls blouse and running away
            from ferocious stuff like a rustling bit of paper or 
            carrier bag)
barrel-cat   she's 8 - and on a diet now.

Sashova Marbelle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(when you're a lady maine coon _anything_ but grovelling is an insult)
twinks	       just a shortening of twinklebelle that I've ended up 
               using more than belle
Baby-Belle, the cheesey kitten, 
               I called her that before realising about the cheese. 
	       Generally it earn an "oh do grow up" look off her
old wobble paws  she's started falling over more since she got 
		 one leg corrected - the other one's to be done 
		 this friday - she nearly feel over walking the 
                 other day - poor thing was sticking her leg out to
                 the side after that. 
Wolf-kitten	insulting cause it's suggesting she may be related to a dog!!!
		She's called it cause she's such a cool grey (going beige with age!)
		and has a pointy nose and sleek build. 
fluffy bum/knickers   ...well, she is a maine coon :-) 


Knuffeltjes
~~~~~~~~~~~
terrorist/porta-nuke/knuffie-knutter/demolition unit
		Just guess how she earnt those names
cabbage bum	I don't know what it is that gets into her diet
		but every now and again it does, and when it does
		I swear she intentionally lets go just as she jumps 
		across your lap. 

    Unit
    ----
    HeyYouStupidF*ckingCat
    

    
    
    
    
    Cats:
    
    Shammie	= Boobie-Head, Sugar-Pie, Honny-Bunny,
    		  Sham-a-lama-ding-dong
    
    		* I mostly call her Bobie-Head 100% of the time,I don't knw
    		  why... :-)
    Nephra	= Doodle-Head
    Carmel	= Carmel
    Sheba	= Sheba-leba
    
    Dogs:
    
    Jazmine:	= Muffin, or Muffin head, Muff and of course JAZ 
    Jake:	= Shister, the Shister Man.  
    
    Horse:
    
    Sultan	= Sully-wully, Sully Man
    Zak		= Prozak
    Poco	= Poco-woko
    Comet	= Comet Head
    
    What is more funny, is my husband has gotten used to me asking him
    "is DoddleHead in"?  or "where is Boobie" and he knows who I am talking
    about.
    

    I couldn't insult THE FIRM; they's sue!  But they do have nice
    nicknames. Note that most of them have Greek names and their
    nicknames are really just the Anglicized form their name.

    Panther - "The Panther", Panthersauras, Pantheropolos, and of course,"Panth"
    Demetrios - "Jimmy", Jimmycat
    Nikoloas - Niky, Nik, Niky-loas
    Haralabos - Harry, "The Hairmeister"
    Kostas - "little Gus", Muffin, Smudge, Smudgey,Smudgely, Smudgey Lee
    Vasillios - Billy, William 
    Artemios - Arty, "the baby".

    Also, all of them answer to "Mr. Pussycat", Hansom Devil, "Good Boy"
    and "Nice Boy".

    Deb

    re: .16
    
    Hmm, the only thing all of my cats answer to is
    the can opener! :-)
    

    Actually, overcome by the fact that my newest, Blackie, actually
    responds to his name about 80% of the time, I've been trying to
    call each of them exactly by their name and do it most of the time,
    in the theory that it will be useful if, God forbid, they are ever
    lost outside.  The other three do know their names (the telltale
    appropriate ears turn around while the body remains motionless :-)
              

    RE: .18
    
    from the cat's point of view, it is most important for them to know
    their name so that they know when to ignore the human!
    
    Deb

There was a phase when "kitties" or "chappies" 
got all three running to me, very handy generic
call, however now they seem to have decided
that Lucy is Kitties, multiple, in and of herself 
(I know she's put on weight but...) 
so I'm *still* left calling out the front door
"twinksie-winks" and "knuff-knuff" and thinking 
why oh why don't I chose normal names for my animals. :-) 

    I couldn't insult THE FIRM; they's sue!  But they do have nice
    nicknames. Note that most of them have Greek names and their
    nicknames are really just the Anglicized form their name.

    Panther - "The Panther", Panthersauras, Pantheropolos, and of course,"Panth"
    Demetrios - "Jimmy", Jimmycat, Jimbo
    Nikoloas - Niky, Nik, Niky-loas, SuperNiky!
    Haralambos - Harry, "The Hairmeister"
    Kostas - "little Gus", Muffin, Smudge, Smudgey,Smudgely, Smudgey Lee
             (Smudge was the name he had at Kitty Angels)
    Vasillios - Billy, William, Sweet William
    Artemios - Arty, "the baby", Arty-mouse, "micro poindekike mou" 
               ("my little mouse"; since I don't have a Greek charater set,
                I've attempted to spell it phonetically, sort of)

    Also, all of them answer to "Mr. Pussycat", Hansom Devil, "Good Boy"
    and "Nice Boy".

    Deb

    
    re .18
    
    >the telltale appropriate ears turn around while the body remains
     motionless
    
    I get the ear reaction, but there's usually a flick of the tail as
    well.  I have seen this tail flick in response to their name being
    called in many cats.
    
    The routine I find most disconcerting is when the cats who almost
    always come when called decide not to this time.  And of course, it's
    always when they've found themselves a new "secret" hidey-hole, so a
    routine nose count requires the exploration of every nook and cranny.
    And then when I do find them, I get "the look" -- "Oh, were you looking
    for me?"
    
    len.
      

    Mine will generally come when called.  When they're resistant repeating
    the call 3 times quickly with the word "kitty" in front usually works.
    
    for example:  kittymac, kittymac, kittymac  (that one flows easily)
    		  kittyonyx, kittyonyx, kittyonxy (that one doesn't)
    
    Jan

    I only have one cat now, Tigger, and the only nickname he has is Tig. 
    But I once had a cat named Daffie (self explanatory) who, unlike my
    other cats that brought me live birds, snakes, etc., would bring in
    live moths.  She would have one wing in her mouth and the other wing
    would be fluttering up and down in front of her face.  If you moved
    toward her, she would growl.  I guess she didn't want anyone to get too
    close to this ferocious prey.  I used to call her The Great White Hunter
    (even though she was gray).
    
    Marilyn

    Bits gets
    
    Syd calls him Funny bunny (something about the way he sits reminds us of 
    a rabbit) and TheBoy, as in Whatstheboyuptonow
    I call him Thumper (from the way he pounds up and down the basement
    stairs) and Sillykitty.                                   
    
    
    joan 

I have a black and white female, long hair, named Sarah.

She is affectionately called Psycho Sarah, Stupid, Whiny (loves to
talk) or the latest and greatest "The Gargling Cat".  Her meow sounds
like she is gargling.

- Pat
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    My three are officially named:  Zachary, Romeo and Juliette.
    
    Zachary - Zach the Cat, Zachman, Handsome, Gorgeous, Main(e) Man, Top
    	      Cat
    	silver-gray Maine Coon - 4.5 years old
    
    Romeo - Mr. Cuddles, Mr. Snuggles, Lover Boy, Fat Boy, Chubby Boy
    	he's an 9 month old Maine Coon wannabe with more fur than actual
    pounds, so he resembles a fluff ball these days, especially when he
    hunches himself up.
    
    Juliette - Julie
    	Romeo's sister, but with sleek, silky soft fur and only a fluffy
    tail to illustrate her Maine Coonness.  She is the most feminine kitty
    I've ever had.
    
    Gita

Knuffie just got some new names, her stylish looks 
and dark flecked leggy style got her compared to 
Naiomi Cambell - super kitten, and her behaviour and 
attitude she's also Tank Kitten, a feline Tank Girl, 
which  thanks to the movie some of you are likely to
have heard of. 

So Knuffs is now Naomi Tank Kitten. 

    These are *all* *wonderful* (and I wish I could meet every single one
    of these kitties!).
    
    I forgot that I sometimes call Veto "Plush Bunny" when he's being
    especially lovey-dovey and foam-filled (well, we *know* that's what's
    between his ears).
    
    My mom and I got silly one day looking at the names of the Maine Coon
    catteries advertised in the back of one of the cat magazines--CahunaCoon, 
    that kind of thing--so I've sometimes taken to calling her cat
    (Thaicoon) "ThaiCoonderoga".  Thaicoon just gives me a look that says,
    "I'll forgive her, that's just my dimwitted sister."
    
    Skrufy is a Vicious Pillow Hunter and also a Sword Swallower
    Extraordinaire, having bravely attempted to get on the outside of a
    beading needle.  (That was his first and last performance; he's fine
    now, but you don't want to know about the needle extraction.)
    
    Leslie
    

    My goodness.. after reading all of these, I feel so boring.  The most
    my kitties get for names is "kitty" added to the end.  Either that or
    "little sh*t!"  That's usually Ruby.
    
    Kyra-kitty, Mondo-kitty, Tabitha-kitty, Pita-kitty, and
    Ruby-kitty (who actually sometimes gets "woobie-kitty")
    
    Holly
    

    Re; .28
    
    Veto?
    

    .28> Veto?
    
    That's what *we* keep saying every time we hear a loud crash :->
    
    I introduced 'em (Skrufy and Veto, [sic] and [sic]) in the rather
    lengthy 14.215, but briefly my daughter and I couldn't agree on a name
    for him; we kept vetoing each other's choices, so we finally just
    *named* him Veto.  :-)
    
    Leslie

    Alphonse is called CSOFATAG (untranslateable expression for a VERY
    wrecked and ruined motorcar). 
    
    Smokey is called Stinky Bad Animal. 
    
    Kiscica is just Ox or Ochse (sp?) (Yes. He is like a cow, white,
    flecked, letting his mouth flow and is very calm. Like a cow. But
    [was] male. And the most stupid cat ever. And ugly. I love'im)
    
    Nat

    Alpine gets called:
    
    	"Kaaaaaaat" when we call her in from outside.
    	Pine-o'mine
    	Pinecone
    	Fuzz butt
    	Duface
    	Le Mew
    	Alpie
    	and Poodle Paw now because she had her front paw shaved all around
    	just above her foot for the IV fluids from surgery.
    
    
    

	Snoozer normally answers to kitty, but has recently been
	nicknamed Swamp Kat. She has decided that wading through
	the creek and mud at the house, catching frogs, is great....

	This weekend she came into the house ( kitchen ) four
	times to be wiped dry of water/mud dripping from her belly
	and legs......She's learned the routine, come as far in the
	house as the tile floor, lay down on her side, and meow until
	we get " HER SPECIAL TOWEL " and wipe her dry. She has us
	" REALLY " trained well.....;-)

	Red
    
    
    

    Romeo has a new nickname:  Dufus or doofus.  I'm not sure how you spell
    it but you know what it means.  He's acquired this new name because of
    his absolutely endearing quality of appearing to not having a clue half
    the time of what's going on.  I know that's only a ruse so he can get
    more attention, but he's just "too adorable" as my house-mate says.
    
    When I come into the house he looks at me, gives his little chirrup and
    then flops down on his side and rolls onto his back exposing his fluffy
    tummy.  Stretches out full length and purrs as loudly as he can.  Who
    can resist such a kitty?  
    
    And when he's involved in play/wrestling/chasing with either Juliette
    or Zachary, and he's getting overwhelmed, he comes running over and
    hides behind me just daring the others to attack.  He then does his I'm
    adorable act and I can't resist.
    
    I don't like my kitties up on the kitchen counter and have my spray
    bottle of water handy at all times.  Well, when Romeo realized that he
    could finally jump all that way, he did.  I scolded him and sprayed
    him.  He jumped down. Later, when being chased into the kitchen by
    Juliette he had nowhere to go but up onto the counter.  Of course, I
    was standing there.   So there he is, on the counter, knowing it was a
    no-no.  He anticipated the spray bottle (which I hadn't picked up yet)
    and proceeded to squinch his head down, lower his ears, squint his eyes
    shut, etc.   Of course, he didn't jump down.  It was too hysterical and
    I broke up laughing.  I just picked him up and put him down.   He did
    the same with my house-mate a couple of days later.  
    
    You've just gotta love a kitty who acts like this.
    
    Gita