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Post by ♦ stormeh ♦ on Sept 6, 2011 20:07:49 GMT -5
Glossary
Catspeak: Humanspeak.
Crow-food: Rotting food.
Fox dung: An insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain.
Fresh-kill: Recently killed prey.
Gathering: A meeting that the Clans hold in peace at every full moon.
Greencough: Severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits.
Greenleaf: Summer.
Greenleaf Twolegplace: A place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, resort, etc.).
Halfbridge: A dock.
Horseplace: Fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live.
Housefolk: A house cat's word for its humans.
Kittypet: A house cat.
Leaf-bare: Winter.
Leaf-fall: Fall/autumn.
Loner: Cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory.
Monster: Usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers.
Moonhigh: The time of night when the moon is at its highest--often midnight.
Mouse-brained: Not very smart.
Mouse dung: An insult; Stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung.
Newleaf: Spring.
Nofurs: Another word for humans.
One moon: One month (half moon = two weeks, quarter-moon = one week).
Rogue: A potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends too long in one place.
Sharing tongues: Term used to describe cats grooming each other.
Silverpelt: The Milky Way.
Sun-drown-place: The sea to the west, where the sun sets.
Sunhigh: Noon.
Thunderpath: A road.
Tree-eater: Bulldozer.
Twoleg nest: A human house.
Twolegplace: A human town.
Twolegs: The Clans' word for humans.
Upwalkers: Another word for humans.
Whitecough: Mild chest infection.
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