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[–] Dreamchiever@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Sylvie (left, named her after having just finished Loki season one) and Molly (Cobb, For All Mankind)

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

These are my cats, Athena and Ultimate Cravings Box.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

My princess is named: Winter.

Because she's white. Winter

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 14 points 12 hours ago

Hey, you leave Crunch Wrap Supreme alone, he's a good boy.

[–] agit68@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago

I once lived with a male Norwegian mutt named Nipsey Russel.

He was an interesting character like his namesake. He was an amazing cat who loved alcohol, you literally had to keep an eye on your drink.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

When I was a kid our kitten was a rescue my mother brought home from the place she took horseback riding lessons - the kitten got stuck inside the chip machine's coin box, so it works more whenever you fed the machine coins.

We ended up giving her the oh-so-original name snowball. Then her colors came in and we discovered her to be a calico. Oops. Kitty it is then. RIP kitty.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I think I call mine kitty or kitten most the time, she's like 8 years old.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The stray calico kitten that hangs out on my porch and in front of my front door I named Princess because she is regal and demanding.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

We name all the cats regardless of sex after something to do with literature. But that's their government names and I normally don't use those online to protect their tiny kitty privacy.

All their nicknames are like

Jerkcat Babycat Dingus YOU FUCKER STOP CHEWING PLASTIC creature Sweetie Grey ghost Great hunter

Look, just anything that pops into my head as I sing sweet nothings to them

Current cat is creature often. Little weird creature.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Funny, I’m close to the opposite. My boy cat is named after a god (Apollo, Greek god) and my girl cat is named after my favourite drink (Islay, scotch from Islay, Scotland).

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

My next cat will be named Quarter Cask

[–] Semester3383@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

I've had cats named Baldr, Hermóðr, Grendel, and Wotan. I've currently got a Valkyrie, Brynhildr, Freyja, and Freya (we got Freya when she was a year old because her owner couldn't keep her, and we already had Frejya, so...). But our current boy cats are Svartur ('cuz he's black), Robert, and Charlie.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I named my girl Selune... I guess I'm basic D=

[–] 22NewtsInACoat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Mine are two girl cats: Moose and Yeti. Moose is fluffy, majestic and too spart. Yeti is a dumb little angle baby

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 19 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My Boy: Rails, for Ruby on Rails.

My Girl: Sushi, cause she's black and white and looks like a roll.

[–] groet@feddit.org 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I hope your cat never finds out he could have been called ruby but you choose to go with rails....

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We had a Ruby but she died 😢

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[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 58 points 22 hours ago (9 children)

Also dictators. I know boy cats named Meowsolini and Chairman Meow.

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I have a cat named Francis, but sometimes I call him Francisco Franco 😂

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You listen to behind the bastards don't you?

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I don’t, should I?

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 62 points 22 hours ago

"Crunchwrap Supreme", but we just call him "Crunchy" for short.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

My girl is Midnight Killer Sparkles.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 36 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have a girl cat named Preggo.

We rescued her during a tornado storm, in Arkansas, and we thought she was pregnant so I just called her Preggo.
By the time we got her to the vet we found out she's not pregnant, just fat and weird, however by that time she got used to being called Preggo so we just kept that up.

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 46 points 20 hours ago (7 children)
[–] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 34 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Wtf? Is dead internet true?

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

I don't think you should like your own post, kinda cringe

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago

Now think of every tweet screenshot we've seen, and how many we've actually checked to see if it's legit. Scary because nearly all of us must have fallen for lies at some point

[–] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 13 points 19 hours ago

I think the twitter screenshot is fake. I tried to look up JaydenSmithish through nitter and it says user not found

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 19 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What the hell is going on here?

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

My old friend had a male cat he named Leonidas.

Yes, he got him shortly after 300 came out, rofl.

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

...goes SCHWAH SCHWAH SCHWAH

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

My buddy for 17 years, since passed - Bailey (because he was a tabby with a belly the same color of Bailey's Irish Cream.

My current littermates, brother and sister:

Girl: Willett Boy: Scout

Both named after bourbons - Willett and Smooth Ambler Old Scout.

[–] ater@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Mona and Nachos... Can confirm.

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[–] brokenlcd@feddit.it 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We currently have a female cat. We called her sky. Beforehand we had a male cat, all white with a black head. We called him yorshik. Which i'm quite sure it's a corruption of the russian for toilet brush... Poor thing.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Doing a quick search on “Yorshik” (Ёршик), of the very few sources I could find on the topic, while the word does seem to translate to “brush” there doesn’t seem to be any surface connection to toilet brush per se, though naturally it may be possible on a colloquial level.

This source that deals with meanings and etymologies of Russian words says:

Слово «ёршик» является диалектным выражением, используемым в русском языке для обозначения маленькой ёлочной игрушки в виде ёлочной ветки или шишки. Это слово имеет древнерусское происхождение и связано с древними славянскими обрядами, связанными с поклонением природе и деревьям.

Which DDG translate says means

The word "brush" is a dialectal expression used in the Russian language to refer to a small Christmas tree toy in the form of a Christmas tree branch or cone. This word is of Old Russian origin and is associated with ancient Slavic rites associated with the worship of nature and trees.

The only other resource I’ve found is this 11 year old YouTube video in Russian, that I can’t really understand. They seem to be joking about something, and “New Year” is mentioned, but I didn’t hear the word for toilet.

As far as I can understand, Yorshik seems to mean “brush” or “little brush”.

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