turpentine cat

Term used by people of the Southern persuasion to identify something moving at a pace that borders on the supernatural. First seen in the 1920's when a group of men rubbed a cat's cinnamon ring with a dried out corncob until it was raw, and then wiped it with a rag soaked in turpentine. Can be used interchangeably with raped ape

I was doin my girl, and when my friends started the rodeo dat hizzo took off like a turpentine cat.

by bob44 February 9, 2005