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Katzer/Gadser, der: noun, German, male cat
non-standard internet variety for "Kater"

comes from the word "die Katze": noun, grammatical gender: feminine; for "cat" in general, and female cat

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After a very looooooooong time, I have finally written another blog post: it's just a collection of a few meowlogisms in Ukrainian, German, and English

Take a look here: https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org/3931

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German #meowlogisms people shared with me:

Katzachstan (Catzakhstan) and katzachstanisch
Kistlen gehen (go to the toilet, from Katzenkistl = Katzenklo,

Which means, we have the meowphemes "Katze" and "Kisterl" (Katzenkistl = Katzenklo; litter box)

All these meowlogisms come from Austria

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#linuxmint question: What's the best repository/site for desktop icons/desktop themes etc.

Now that I have switched to #Linux, I would like to catify my desktop with cute cat icons.

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And just to add #meowlogisms in #German to my ever growing collection of feline-inspired words:

Advokatz (Advokat), Pause Tatze (Pausetaste), Katzapult (Katapult), Miatube (YouTube), Musikatze (Katzenmusikanten),, Duplikatze (Duplikat), schnurrstracks (schnurstracks), schnurrtastisch (fantastisch)

translations into English ): advo-cat, paws button, cat-apult, meow-tube, musician, dupli-cat, straight away, fantastic

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Here's my very first meowlogism in #ukrainian: котомодель (kotomodel'), which is a feline take on фотомодель (fotomodel'), a model. Кот (kot) is 'cat' in English.

I came across it on #Instagram on the feed of a Ukrainian cat charity based in Kiev.

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"panthertude" - the special attitude of black cats, the black cat equivalent of "tortitude" for torties (tortoiseshell cats)

found on #Instagram

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"gattitudine" - seen in an Italian-language posting on #Instagram; English "cattitude"

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Meowza! These are good meowlogisms. Love them, and somehow these are the first contemporary pawliticians from the US that I have come across in my research. Weird somehow, but I have more from the UK and older ones, like Margaret Catcher, Napawleon, and the likes.

Cat Buchanan, Cat Gaetz, Betsy DeClaws
(purrvided by @annaleen and @seachanger

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