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.

An uncontrollable urge to make games, art, stories, and other such nonsense on Scratch, MIT's very basic online programming community.

The two or three lines shaved into a person's eyebrow. It originally was gang related but now is usually done to look super trendy and insanely cool.

The act of having sex with a woman from below while she scratches your chest. She will also screech every gyration to add to the sexiness.

A tie in tic tac toe is called a Cat scratch

The remnants of an intense sexual experience. Usually consisting of scratch and/or bite marks and hickies.

A United States slang term referring to a venereal disease due to the itching sensation caused.

The term is normally credited to Ted Nugent for his 80's rock song "Catch Scratch Fever" which hit the top 10 charts.