A back-up waking device in feline form. Gentler when it initially goes off, but if you press the snooze bar, is subsequently harsher (depending on how hungry it is).
Alarm cat: mrrrow....>lick< >kitty head-but< >paw-nudge<
Cat's person: (sleepily) Mmmmmsnorzzzzzz...
Alarm cat, five minutes later: MRRREEEOW...HISSSS! >CHOMP< >SCRRRRATCH<
Cat's person: AIIIYEEEEEEEEE! Alright! I'm up! I'm up!
Cat's person: (sleepily) Mmmmmsnorzzzzzz...
Alarm cat, five minutes later: MRRREEEOW...HISSSS! >CHOMP< >SCRRRRATCH<
Cat's person: AIIIYEEEEEEEEE! Alright! I'm up! I'm up!
by S. Osborn August 24, 2007
Get the alarm cat mug.In the disability rights community: attempting to help someone without asking if they need help, or in a way that is not actually helpful (and indeed may be harmful to the disabled person or to others).
Comes from a viral Twitter thread featuring Jorts the orange cat who was having trouble grooming himself. A well meaning but clueless human buttered Jorts in an attempt to teach him how to groom himself. This may or may not have resulted in a different cat being sick from licking the butter off of Jorts.
Comes from a viral Twitter thread featuring Jorts the orange cat who was having trouble grooming himself. A well meaning but clueless human buttered Jorts in an attempt to teach him how to groom himself. This may or may not have resulted in a different cat being sick from licking the butter off of Jorts.
"Hey, don't just grab my chair; that's buttering the cat!"
"Stop buttering the cat, tonight's homework is easy!"
"Stop buttering the cat, tonight's homework is easy!"
by philhellenike December 22, 2021
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The disgusting wrinkly red skin that forms on someone's earlobe when they stretch their piercings too quickly and don't moisturize. The result is a cat butt-esque hole.
The disgusting wrinkly red skin that forms on someone's earlobe when they stretch their piercings too quickly and don't moisturize. The result is a cat butt-esque hole.
Boy: Dayum girl... did you see when Maria took out her plugs? She had some serious cat butt, could have used some Holey Butt'r.
Girl: I know, seriously... she stretches too fast and has huge blowouts too. We should submit her picture to awful mods.
Girl: I know, seriously... she stretches too fast and has huge blowouts too. We should submit her picture to awful mods.
by Ken Kennedy December 16, 2012
Get the Cat Butt mug.The Scratch Cat is the mascot of Scratch and the default sprite when opening a new Scratch project.1 This can't be changed. It is also the outline for the default icon of new Scratch accounts, replacing a previous version that showed a human silhouette.2 The Scratch Cat is a trademark of MIT3 and was drawn by Wing Ngan.4 According to Scratch Team member ceebee, the Scratch Cat is nonbinary, meaning that the cat does not identify as strictly male or female in terms of gender.5 However, many users, even some Scratch Team members, use male pronouns for Scratch Cat.
by Sakura_animates December 13, 2020
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Barney: You mean it's working? For real this time? Because... I still have nightmares about that cat.
Kleiner: No, no... there's NOTHING to be worried about.
Alyx: What cat?
Kleiner: We've made major strides since then.
Alyx: What cat!?
Kleiner: No, no... there's NOTHING to be worried about.
Alyx: What cat?
Kleiner: We've made major strides since then.
Alyx: What cat!?
by RaspberryTimbre November 1, 2013
Get the what cat mug.Term refers to a task which has several ways by which it can be completed. Often used in the expression "there are many ways to skin the cat" or by using "skin this cat" in place of "skin the cat."
My friends and I are going to start a business, but we don't even know where to begin because there are so many ways to skin the cat.
by CRubio April 21, 2007
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