Citations:catitude

English citations of catitude

Noun: "(humorous) an attitude belonging to or befitting of a cat"

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• 1988, Rita Mae Brown, Bingo, Bantam Dell (2008), →ISBN, page 248:

  I didn't notice Mother until Goodyear leapt up to greet me—and with dirty paws too. Pewter, full of catitude, refused to move aside for Goodyear.

• 2003, Anne Geggis, "'Picatsso' unveiled", The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 31 May 2003:

  A posse of kitties -- with plenty of "catitude" -- will soon be on the loose throughout the county's public spaces, but breathe easy, allergy-sufferers.

• 2003, "Cats' Drinking: Is It Smarts Or Snobbery?", The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California), 5 October 2003:

  Ally, the alpha cat in my household, has a severe case of catitude. She demands to sit on my lap and leaves as soon as she has altered whatever I was doing.

• 2004, Cynthia Hilden, "Time for a furpig update", East Oregonian, 27 April 2004:

  He is a big, fourteen pound orange cat with yellow eyes and a serious catitude. If he could talk, I know he would say he had not been fed well or at the correct times.

• 2004, A. O. Scott, "FILM REVIEW; Not-So-Cuddly Cat: This One Cracks a Mean Whip", The New York Times, 22 July 2004:

  Like "Garfield," "Catwoman" is really a parody of catitude, offering glib mockery of a domestic species notorious for its pride and hauteur.

• 2006, Mandy Stadtmiller, "One Cat-Tastrophe", New York Post, 22 June 2006:

  […] But what about the alleged catitude?

  “I think it’s the pressure of all the other cats,” Doyle says. “Bambi really has a fabulous, delicious personality. She’s sweet and affectionate and kind of funny and really has a sense of humor, you know?” Cat-totally.

• 2007, "FFA launches Middle School Discovery website", High Plains Journal, 8 August 2007:

  And Garfield the cat serves as FFA's Spokescat, revealing his "catitude" about the wonders of agriculture and FFA.

• 2008, Pam D'addio, "Critter Corner", Sun Sentinel, 3 December 2008:

  First, I am a handsome, glossy black youngster, less than a year old and somewhat small. I'm neutered, and I can live happily with other cats. I have none of that "catitude" that many felines demonstrate, either!

• 2010, John Stucke, "Spokane endodontist helps lion with a toothache", The Spokesman-Review, 6 March 2010:

  Some days the lion who has never lived in the wild is as playful as a kitten. And some days, says Wyche, "Let's just say he exhibits a bit of catitude.' "

• 2011, "Artist takes out full-page obit for cat", Perth Now, 14 July 2011:

  Ms Matalon, whom ANSA described as a well-known artist in Milan, said Sky was her inspiration and gave her a renewed zest for life that she described as "catitude" or the feline version of gratitude, Italian news agency ANSA reported.