Cat Dictionary Appendix U-Z and Puns

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uber dead cat (noun): A cat who is playing dead cat to the extreme; an uber dead cat will respond to nothing, and will not budge
My cat was playing uber dead cat right in the middle of my bed, and would not move. (Karen Westly)
undercarriage (noun): see tummy bag; also jungle pouch (Kama)

vroom-vroom kitties (noun): see night crazies; also elevenses, flying fluffy, kitty-cat freak-out hour, the rips, the rockets, seeing martians, spastic cat syndrome, spaz attack, ten o'clock terrors, the zoomies (Roger Schmidt)
vulture mode (noun): when a cat takes on a vulture-like pose with neck extended, usually whilst sitting on the edge of a piece of furniture (like Snoopy in the Peanuts comic strip)
Look up on the dresser. The cat is in vulture mode again. (Sherry Kenney)

weemuffin (noun): see concretion (Brian C.)
wheel of death (noun): the act of dashing madly around the house, rising higher up the walls with each successive lap
Oh no! The cats are doing the wheel of death again! (Jena Lea)
whisker panel (noun): that part of cat's upper lip containing the whiskers; the 'chops'
Each of the cat's whisker panels has four rows of whiskers. (Don Eidson)
wild water (noun): water from the sink or tap
The cat much prefers wild water to that which is found in his bowl. (Vicki)
witty kitty (noun): a cat whose antics are entertaining
The witty kitty kept his people amused for hours. (Richard Brain)

yark (verb): what the cat does, usually on the carpet, often as the result of a furball
The cat yarked on the tabriz hall carpet. (Marilyn)
yoghurt face (noun): the face of a cat with a white, curving line across it after licking out the remains in a yoghurt container
The cat has a cherry yoghurt face today. (Eve Riser-Roberts)
yuck face (noun): see lion face; also dumb face, funky look, ickface, stinkpuss (Renee Anderson)
yum (noun): deliciousness
The yum of the food was high. (Anonymous)
yummies (noun): see cat candy; big yummies are anything particularly tasty
The cat made it clear that it was time for big yummies. (Kristin Heiberg)

zapped (adjective): lethargic from laying next to the heater too long
The warm and comfy cat was thoroughly zapped. (Jean Carpenter)
zinney-zany cat (noun): a very crazy cat that won't sleep through the night
The zinney-zany cat played with his ping pong ball in the kitchen at 2 o'clock in the morning. (Lyndsay)
zoomies, the (noun): see night crazies; also elevenses, flying fluffy, kitty-cat freak-out hour, the rips, the rockets, seeing martians, spastic cat syndrome, spaz attack, ten o'clock terrors, vroom-vroom kitties (Anonymous)

4/5/6/...-headed furball (noun): a group of cats curled together with only their heads exposed; usually seen during periods of cold weather as the cats huddle together to conserve body heat
I've just seen a 4-headed furball asleep on the porch. (John Cratty)

cataclysmic: when the cat creates disastrous, overwhelming upheaval and demolition (D. Walt)
catacomb: to use a cat to arrange your hair; to arrange a cat's hair (D. Walt)
catalack: the cat isn't coming home again so you need another cat (D. Walt)
catalectic: boss cat elected in the town (D. Walt)
catalogue: asleep on top of the wood pile (Sheena McCullagh)
catalyst: directory of cat breeds (Sheena McCullagh)
catarrh: four or six stringed instrument played by the coolest cat in town (Sheena McCullagh)
catastrophe: the result of letting one's favourite feline loose and unsupervised in the house for 8 hours (Tom Anklam)
catatonic: what the vet gives to a sick cat (Tom Anklam)
catechism: what Catholic kittens learn their vows (sic. est miaows) from (Tom Anklam)
categories: why someone loves the popular American television game show Jeopardy! (D. Walt)
catkin: close blood relatives (Sheena McCullagh)
concatenation: a land inhabited by criminal felines (Sheena McCullagh)