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FFR’s Wiley Weekly Word: Hankering

Fuzzywiggle Furrypants Roo — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:40:36 +0000

I know I haven’t been instilling feline wisdom in you for a few weeks, but I was in a bit of a spat with my two-legger. SHE went to see Beams and his two-legger without me. The nerve!!!! Does she not know … Okay I’m stopping myself, because I’m above that. In fact, I’ve decided to insert the claws, because today is the day that the two-leggers call Mother’s Day and although us felines don’t really have a word for ‘mother’, this is what my two-legger calls herself. I think it means ‘bringer of food, cleaner of mess and most fantastic cuddler’.

So this week’s word: Hankering

Hankering: A yearning or longing, like the kind that happens in the pants of a two-legged male during the Spring.

‘Two-Legger, Lord Likely’s pants often display the signs of a hankering and not only in the Spring. Based on the strut that Lord Likely has around my two-legger. I’d say he has a hankering for her, but then again he struts like that around all female two-leggers.’

Right now I have a hankering to give my two-legger a cuddle, especially since she's upset over her Mom. Hate seeing her upset. Photo by Lola May.

FFR’s Wiley Weekly Word: Cacophony

Fuzzywiggle Furrypants Roo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:00:23 +0000

This week’s word: Cacophony

Cacophony: A mix of sounds so horrendous that they cause us felines to yowl and hide.

‘Some two-leggers think that the feline mating ritual causes a cacophony. Admittedly, I do know a few Tom Cats that are quite boisterous in their singing, but if the two-leggers were smart enough to understand feline, then they’d realize that really this is beautiful love duet that is being sung.’

Baby two-leggers have a tendency to create a cacophony. Picture by Adrian Donatien

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FFR’s Wiley Weekly Word: Beldam

Fuzzywiggle Furrypants Roo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:00:15 +0000

This week’s word: Beldam

Beldam: Ancient two-legger of the female persuasion that hopefully has a good personality, as she is hard on the eyes.

‘I find it amusing to call my two-legger a beldam, not because she is ugly (she’s actually rather beautiful to me both inside and out), but because ‘she who prides herself on words’ misinterprets this word. She thinks I am meowing ‘belle dame’, which is French for ‘beautiful woman’, so affection and treats are showered upon me. Oh the irony of it all.’

Clearly a 'belle dame', not a 'beldam'.

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