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Cat got your thumbs?

A text message most commonly sent to some one who has suddenly stopped replying in a text message conversation.
Tom: So anyway, would you mind if I borrowed your biology lab notes?
Emmi: (No response)
Tom: What's the matter? Cat got your thumbs?

cat got your thumbs?

When someone doesn't text you back after you text them, you text them "cat got your thumbs?". It's a play on "cat got your tongue?", which is an idiom used to compel someone to speak who is unusually quiet.
Sam texts: "Hey what's up, I'm in your hood"
No response....
Sam texts: "Cat got your thumbs?"
cat got your thumbs? by dantechulo October 29, 2008

cat got your thumb 

an expression of surprise caused by the failure to respond by the other half of an SMS conversation
What's up dude cat got your thumb?!
cat got your thumb by Barry Lloyd August 10, 2005

Cat got your thumb? 

In Messaging, a subtle inquiry as to whether the other party composes text and thoughts at the same crawl.
This is not a trick question (long pause)... Cat got your thumb?

Cat got your thumb? 

In Messaging, a subtle inquiry as to whether the other party composes text at the same speed he or she composes thoughts.
This is not a trick question. It's a week late, where's my package... (long pause) Cat got your thumb?
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026