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All hat and no cattle

A slang phrase from the Southwestern United States, indicating a person is more image or projection than actual substance.
It is probably derived from the region's contempt for people who are not cowboys or ranchers but who try to mimic the frontiersman image through superficial adoption of the region's folkways.
President Bush's new tax plan is supposed to help the struggling middle class and revitalize the stock market. However, closer analysis reveals that he's just all hat and no cattle.
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
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Catted

Example:
- Hey you want to come to the party tomorrow?
- oh fur sure! ill bring the booze!
(next day)
- aye were you at? the party started a long time ago.
- oh sorry bro i cant make it, i forgot to tell you
- dang you catted (medium tone)
by Gonzo fo sho December 19, 2009
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Catterson

Being an extremely hypocritical person. Being very immature and arrogant.
Liam was being a real Catterson because he was mocking people about being immature.
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Nyan Catting

The art of putting different food coloring colors together to make a rainbow color and by using a funnel pouring it into a girls anus or vagina and having her shoot it out.
Man 1 "Yo dude last night me and Megan were Nyan Catting." Man 2 "Aw man that's awesome!"
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Catty

1. A more hip term than passive aggressive, but with the same meaning. 2. Being a bitch under the guise of not being a bitch. 3. The attitude of your mother-in-law.
Daughter-in-law: I got a ham for Easter.
Mother-in-law: Well, I'm bringing my own ham. We don't need anymore disasters.
Daughter-in-law: Wow, you are one catty bitch.

Or

Mother-in-law: It's okay to make fun of people who aren't as high-functioning as yourself.
Daughter-in-law: By that definition, I should be okay to make fun of you.
Mother-in-law: I don't get it.
Daughter-in-law: My point exactly.

In this example Daughter-in-law is being Catty.
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catting off

To flake, not show up or reject.
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Cattyback

It is almost like a humpback, just not as big.
When she bent over her back curved and formed a cattyback.
by Evie Oyen November 26, 2007
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