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[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

yeah, that works nicely

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Percy aka Percy-Cat and No, you've already been fed!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I’ve got two. A void and (I think) a blue point.

The void is Apollo, but his nickname is “what is that in your mouth”

The blue point is Islay, but her nickname is “how the fuck did you get the toilet paper again”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Her name is Masha, but I call her "Estás bien fea" ("you are so ugly"). She doesn't mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Why dignify such obvious lies with a reaction 😒

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Anya (she and all of her litter mates were named for Buffy TVS characters): frequently referred to as Fluffy Girl, Hissy Face, or Lady Shedsalot

Ozymandias (named for one of my favorite poems, but also to kind of keep with the Buffy theme): Oz, Ozzy, Bubby, Fuzzy Boy, Big Boy, Squeaky, Fluff For Brains

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Miss Caligula, in keeping with a Roman naming tradition. Usually shortened to Cali, or more often than not just goes by kitty.

[–] jade52 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is Luna. Her nicknames include: Stinky Lady, Baboona, Beepy Boopa, Loons, Lunar. Plus more that I'm sure I'm forgetting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Nova and Athena. SillyButt and BabyKitty.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Name: ToeKnee

Nickname: Tony

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Name: Nomi

Nickname: Nerbals (among many, many others)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

This is Izzy.

AKA Isabella, Queen Isabella Greypelt, Izzy Busy, Isabella Busy Boo, The Puke Monster and The Monochromatic Quadropus. At least one of those has one of those inane songs to go with it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Snuggles, Struggles, and Franny.

Although we've started calling Struggles by new names such as Yappy Jackie, Gob, and Screamer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

My sister calls my male young cat Åse, a nordic SENIOR female name. I have no idea how she got it.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have two void brothers.

Booker

  • Book
  • Booger
  • Bookbookbookbookbookbookbookabookabooka
  • Booker DeWitt (his full name) when he's being very handsome.

Hollow

  • Holla at your homeboy
  • Scaredycat
  • Boy
  • Fatty

Both of them also get called

  • Mister Man
  • Void (said as many times as feels right)
  • Stinkybutt
  • Boysboysboysboysboysboysboys (into perpetuity)
  • Handsome

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Lubochka / Lulu / Bochka / Bobo / Booboo / Bober / Boober / Luboo / Bochkin

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Name: Aaron Purr

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Nicknames: Biscuit Boy, Boffin, Little Babushka, Baaronki Paponski the Zoozahzonski, Bahba, the VP, Bisco Pisco Sour,

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Omg you got your cat to sleep somewhere that's not directly on the fucking keyboard!?!? Who are you so wise in the ways of cats?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I did still have to create a profile for my keyboard called CAT which disables all buttons for when he decides to forgo the 10000 beds and little spots he has, to instead gaze at my keyboard and think "This right here? This is mine. It is bed"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

The trick is having a decoy keyboard!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Not a cat, but I adopted a dog whose name was Doc. I started calling him Docky and that became Ducky and then he started responding to that so now that’s his name.

He has a brother named Dexter that I obviously call Goose lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Left: Alcatraz

Alcatraz became Darkness became Dennis. A three year old saying Darkness sounds like Dennis. His name is Dennis now.

Nicknames: Supermassive black hole, big black ass

Right: Ipso Facto

Nicknames: Ipso Catso, Ipso Fatso, jerk, Ipso Untrusto,

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Name: Emily

Nickname: Emmerly. Sometimes I sing "Emmerly and Ivory" to her 😁

Name: Charlotte

Nickname: Char-Char

I also refer to them as "The Sisters" or "The Fabulous Staredycat Sisters" since they are in fact sisters from the same litter and love staring at me, visitors, and each other 😄

A rare moment of them getting along outside of having fun playfighting:

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

This is Zoe, aka Princess Zoe Peanut Butter Garbanzo

She got the name peanut butter from a delivery guy one day who was helping move in a new couch. She just went up to him friendly as can be and the delivery guy just went “hey peanut butter” and the nickname stuck.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Name: Luci (disenchantment character)

Nick Names: Lulu, Goddamnit, Dumpster goblin, Lou, Stop that.

Name: Rorschach Nick Names: Buddy, Rory, purrlator, ruru, socks, hungry boi,

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I think all cats are named "Stoppit." It's like in the taxonomy. Animalia cordata mammalia felidae stoppitae quitthatus felis catus

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Name: Miso
Nickname: Dickhead, when he is stupid. Mate, when he isn't being an orange cat.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sushi

My wife and daughter call her su or more commonly su-su

If she's in trouble then it's Sushi Maki Roll <Our last name>

I call her Stink Butt because she takes the smelliest poops I've ever had the displeasure of smelling and then doesn't bury them in the litter.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Her name is Beri. Nicknames: beko, bekos, or berko. As you can see in the pictures she's a low intelligence specimen.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

I had a cat named Buddy, and he would get up to a lot of mischief so we'd often refer to him as "the monster". Once you start calling your cat "Buddy monster" you'll find you're a very short distance from "monster of buddies I'm pulling your strings".

Here's Buddy after wrecking his Christmas-themed RV:

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Name: Blu

Nicknames:

  • Blauzi
  • Baunzi
  • Stinki
  • alte Kackbrazze

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Zim and Kylo have become "Silky" and "Fluffy Butt".

Zim gives me Invader Zim vibes and Kylo's name I inherited when I rescued him. Not like he answers to it or anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

One of our cats is Meshe, we call her Moo. Meshe -> Mooshe -> Moo.

Bonus: we have a dog named Gismo, we call him big boobs. Don't ask how we got there, it makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Mimo, memes, mats shmickelson when eating, captain zeiksnor when annoying and sjattepoemel when sweet.

Mimo

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Scout

Who 99% of the time is Scooty.

She's occasionally called: Scootybutt, Scooterella, Scoots, Scootyscoots*, Scuttles, Scuttlebutt, Scoutster (only ever used by my mom lol), Scootypuff Senior (a la Futurama, but she's too old to be Junior. Scooty is 12.)

(*Edit: I should add that when using this one, it's always pronounced as "ScootySCOOOOOOOOOOOTS" in imitation of our friend who coined this while drunk.)

We pretty much only call her Scout at the vet

~~I'll add a picture when I get another break from work~~

Edit: pic tax

Looking guilty after I caught her licking a plastic bag

Asking for attention/if she can steal my chocolate croissant

"Helping" me work from home

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is Oliver. I mostly call him:

  • Little Boyyyyyyy! (Singsong, obviously)
  • Beautiful Baby
  • Little Baby Man
  • Stinky Boy
  • Goofy Little Guy
  • Crunch Boy (when he's eating)
  • Whiny Baby (when he's feeling talkative)

Oh and my partner calls him Ollie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Mr Oxenfree!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Dexie, or Puddin Poopers

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My boy Mo

Or:

  • MoMo
  • Moby
  • Mo-boy
  • Moraca
  • Mohamed
  • Mo-reese
  • Mostly harmless
  • Guiller-mo
  • Slow-mo

And probably dozens of other names I've appended Mo onto. He's a good sport about it.---

Edit: I just realized this was his first time outside after hip surgery. That's why his hair looks weird on the back half.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Possum. Her nicknames are:

  • Poss
  • Poss-cat
  • Poss-kitty
  • Poss-ghetti and meatballs
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mush mush. Her real name is Altima.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

One of my cats is called Pipping but I call him Chonky (He's actually not chonky but behaves like he is.)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Poe, Po-po, Mr. Popo, Big Orange, Big Arnj (on his hip)

Truman, Troomers, Trumy, Boomer, Little Orange/Arnj

Truman2

Poe2

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Two cats. Some of these are translated from my first language (I use it interchangeably with English with these two...)

The calico: Mew

  • Meow
  • Meeeeoooooooow (when she is sad & I have to call her)
  • Ms. Majestic (or something like that)
  • Big Mew
  • House tiger

The void: Tommy

  • Thomas (his official name, when he's majestic)
  • tom (when he's derpy)
  • ROTUND/Massive object
  • Le creature
  • Fat Tommy/Tommy Fat/My-Fat-Tom/My-Tom-Fat (yup it's just shuffling words)

Both:

  • Massive fluffs
  • Le chonkers (or something like that; one came in as a skinny stray & the other was a baby, but they are both very well-fed now)

Tommy is on a diet I promise

Two cats in a bathroom, both looking left.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Styx, black (named after one of Plutos moons, not the 80s band)

  • Stixer
  • Stixie

Diesel, orange (named in memory of my friends cat)

  • Dieseler
  • Dieselkins

Together they are Dieselbub and the Prince of Darkness. They are brothers from the same litter and we love them very much.

Edit: Gah! I just went upstairs and they’re being adorable

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