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| Subject: Clan Terminology Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:08 pm | |
| General Terms
- Blood-beat - A heartbeat detected in a prey item.
- Crowfood or crow-food – A dead prey animal that has begun to rot; can also be used as an insult.
- Cutter – A veterinarian, specifically, though not always, referring to one that spays or neuters cats.
- Dirt - A cat's waste.
- Fresh-kill – A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption. Fresh-kill is hunted by warriors and apprentices, and placed on the fresh-kill pile or brought to the elder. Elders, kits, queens, and sick cats eat first, then, warriors and apprentices. Extras stay in the fresh-kill pile.
- Gathering – The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full, at either Fourtrees or the Island. There is a truce on this night, and no fighting is allowed.
- Greenleaf Twolegplace – A place frequented by Twolegs during summer, such as a resort or camping spot near the lake.
- Halfbridge – A boat dock
- Horseplace – A horse ranch or stables.
- Hunting Patrol – A group of cats hunting for fresh-kill to bring back for their Clan to eat.
- Kittypet – A domesticated pet cat.
- Loner – A cat that lives by itself and doesn't defend its territory.
- Making Dirt - Equal to going to the bathroom for a human.
- Monster – A vehicle operated by humans. Some examples include cars, trucks, tractors, and ATVs. Motorboats are sometimes referred to as "water-monsters".
- Pelt den - a twoleg tent
- Sharing Tongues – Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip. A cat lies on the ground, talking, while the other grooms their fur, listening.
- She-cat - A female cat.
- Silver boulder - A boulder that, when the silver disc is pulled off, holds Twoleg rubbish. To Twolegs, they are just trash cans.
- Silverpelt – The large swath of stars in the sky (believed in fandom to be the Milky Way). These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.
- Snowmelt - A term used to describe slush or dirty, melted snow.
- Soft boulder - A pillow or cushion.
- Tree-eater – A bulldozer.
- Thunderpath – A paved road with an extremely acrid smell that cars often go across.
- Tom/Tomcat - A male cat.
- Twoleg – A human.
- Twoleg kit – A human child.
- Twoleg nest – A human's house.
- Twolegplace – A town, city, or village where Twolegs live.
- SkyClan - Another Word for StarClan.
Time Terms
- Newleaf - The season of spring
- Greenleaf - The season of summer
- Leaf-fall - The season of autumn or fall
- Leaf-bare - The season of winter
- Moon - The time between one full moon and the next, spanning about 29 days, a month.
- Moonhigh - When the moon is the highest in the sky; about midnight
- Moonrise - The time when the moon rises
- Half-Moon - About two weeks, half a month
- Quarter-Moon - About a week
- Sunhigh - The point during the day when the sun is highest in the sky; noon
- Sunrise - One day in cat time (i.e. One sunrise ago)
- Season - A quarter of a year in cat time. Four seasons equal a year
- Heartbeat- A split second
- Claw-Moon- When the moon resembles an unsheathed claw.
Distance Terms
- Fox-length - About the length of a fox; approximately a yard
- Kittenstep - About the length of kit's step; approximately an inch or a half inch
- Tail-length - About the length of a cat's tail; approximately a foot
- Rabbit hop - About a foot and a half away (Also referred to as a rabbit length)
- Mouse-length - About two or three inches
- Pawstep - About the length of a cat's step, roughly six inches
- Tree-length - About the length of a tree; around 40 to 50 feet.
Insults, Exclamations, & Phrases
- As much use as a dead fox- A (harsh) insult meaning the recipient is useless
- Bees in your brain - An exclamation meaning a confused or a cat not making sense (i.e. You've got bees in your brain!)
- Crowfood - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to rotting prey animals (as in I'll turn you into crowfood!), or suggesting that they eat it (as in crowfood-eater).
- (You're) crazier than a fox in a fit! - An insult used when a cat (or cats) are acting crazy. Another variation uses "madder" instead of "crazier."
- Doesn't matter a whisker/Doesn't catch so much as a whisker - An exclamation meaning the cat does not care, (i.e. it didn't matter a whisker that she didn't share their beliefs) similar to I don't give a mousetail. Or saying that a patrol didn't catch anything
- Dormouse - An expression or exclamation used against a cat who sleeps a lot.
- Drypaw- A cat that dislikes getting wet
- like LionClan/TigerClan - An expression stating that a cat does something very fiercely or well
- Flea-pelt - A mean insult saying that a cat has lots of fleas and that they aren't fit to do anything.
- Fox-dung - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to fox feces. Also used as an exclamation (as in
- That's fox-dung!)
- Fox-hearted - An insult meaning cruel, cold-hearted, or evil (as in fox-hearted Twolegs).
- Furball - A (friendly yet harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.
- Great StarClan! - An exclamation used to signify extreme surprise or anger. Similar to Oh my gosh! in usage and to the fact that they both have mention of a higher force
- Hedgehogs will fly - An exclamation style statement that shows disbelief that a certain event will likely occur (as in That will happen when hedgehogs fly), used in many variations. Somewhat like the human phrase, When pigs fly!
- How in Silverpelt! - An exclamation used meaning "How in the world?"
- I don't give a mousetail/They wouldn't give a mousetail - An exclamation meaning that the cat does not care. Another variation is I would ____ for a couple of mousetails meaning that they are willing to do the inserted action for no real reward. Can also mean that a cat would be stingy enough not to share a mousetail
- I'd have shredded you into mousedust! - to gravely injure, rip to shreds. Similar to mousemeat.
- Make dirt - to use the bathroom
- May StarClan light your path/Banish all the fleas from your nest - A friendly term used to tell others they wish them well
- Mouse-brain - A (friendly yet harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.
- Mouse-dung - A (somewhat harsh) insult comparing the recipient to mouse feces. Also used as an exclamation (as in Mousedung! That can't be right!). Somewhat like "Darn it!"
- Mouse-hearted - An insult that describes one who is cowardly.
- Mousefodder - An insult describing that the cat is worthless or a kittypet.
- Once a kittypet, always a kittypet! - A harsh phrase used to describe a cat with kittypet roots
- (Only) StarClan knows (what) - Sometimes used to answer a question that is impossible to answer. Similar to "Only God knows what," "Only God knows," and "God knows."
- Scaredy-mouse! - A similar expression to scaredy-cat, but in cat terms
- Sorry catches no prey or Sorry fills no bellies - Means cats can be sorry, but that will not undo what happened
- StarClan's kits! – An exclamation of surprise or disbelief. Sometimes used as an exclamation if a cat is hurt.
- Tabbies don't change their stripes - means that a cat doesn't change their nature. Equivalent to "a leopard can't change his spots"
- What in StarClan's name?- A exclamation similar to "What on earth?" or "What in the world?"
- That's a load of badger droppings - A harsh exclamation saying that something is nonsense
- Thistles and Thorns - Used to describe bad luck (as in: Thistles and thorns! I blew it!) similar to "Darn it" or "mouse-dung"
- You fight/hunt like a kittypet! - An expression used to insult or tease a cat who fights/hunts poorly.
- Who made dirt in his fresh kill?- A phrase to describe a cranky or suddenly moody cat
- Would've made mousemeat out of you! - To badly injure, rip to shreds. Similar to mousedust.
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