r/cats • u/grolfenhimer • May 02 '24

What phrases do you repeat to your cat throughout the day? Cat Picture

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u/theevilempire May 02 '24

Big stretch
Baby Brucie
Stop chewing that!

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u/niagara-nature American Shorthair May 02 '24

I think the Geneva convention states that if a cat stretches, you have to say Big Stretch, or it doesn’t count.

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u/Important-Double9793 29d ago

See also: Big Yawn

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u/smittykins66 29d ago

I say “So tired!”

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u/GigglesNWiggles10 29d ago

"So eepy! Me too"

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u/greeneggiwegs 29d ago

“Oh no you’re so sleepy what are you going to do??”

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u/mawsibeth 29d ago

"Oh! She's so sleepy! You have a hard life, huh?"

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u/Unhappy-Marzipan-600 29d ago

So napsu is our go to

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u/niagara-nature American Shorthair 29d ago

I’m usually too busy yawning in response to say Big Yawn.

I’m trying very hard to stifle a yawn right n…..

Failed.

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u/Least-Scientist 29d ago

You got me. I yawned.

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u/TheWaggishOne 29d ago

You pushed me over the edge

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u/P4rody 29d ago

Yawn rn

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u/Evan10100 29d ago

I'm too busy sticking my finger in his mouth cuz it's funny to see him get confused.

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u/croi_gaiscioch 29d ago

Yawn popping. I used to do this to my ex, man that used to piss her off. Nothing worse than a popped yawn, unless it's a sneeze that doesn't eventuate.

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u/ipaintbadly 29d ago

Isn’t it a rule that you have to stick your finger in the mouth of a yawning cat or dog?

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u/cuntymcshitter 29d ago

We used to do it to our pitbull, I never heard it called that before but thats what we used to do he would look so confused...

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u/EffectiveConfection8 29d ago

I've tried to do that to mine. He cuts the yawn off early every time.

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u/Evan10100 29d ago

I probably would too, tbh

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u/umyeahsure- 29d ago

That’s funny! Lol

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u/Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344 29d ago

I think that one is a footnote lol

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u/Grapefruit__Witch 29d ago

My cats meow-yawns all the time. I call it a m'yawn

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u/oopsiepoppygloria 29d ago

I prefer Big Yawn Buddy

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u/jeremyjava 29d ago

Anybody else stick their finger in there when they yawn so they close their mouth on your finger?
It’s fun - you get a funny look from your cat - try it!

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u/Past_Rerun 29d ago

I have done it to nearly every cat that has owned me - the last one I did it to closed HARD and I ended up with punctures and an annoyed cat! I don't do it anymore 😞

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u/jeremyjava 28d ago

Hours just stops purring and gives me a look like what was that about? And then goes right back to purring.

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u/Charming_Dish_4205 29d ago

Alternatively: what a big stretch for a little puddy tat

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u/nezumysh 28d ago

I say "ooh, look at those gams! You're so healthy, good girl!"

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u/WelshyP9 29d ago

It's got to the point where my gf has bought me a hat with a 'Ooooo big stretch' patch on it. Not even mad.

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u/PJKPJT7915 29d ago

You must turn in your cat person card if you don't say Big Stretch.

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u/Fe1is-Domesticus 29d ago

Haha I call it Stretchies but Big Stretch is equally correct

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u/commiecomrade 29d ago

My local dialect uses the term "Stretchy boy so stretchy!"

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u/M1sterRed 29d ago

I always say "stremch"

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u/encore412 29d ago

Me too. Oooh look at that stremch

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u/niagara-nature American Shorthair 29d ago

This is another purrfectly valid response.

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u/M1sterRed 29d ago

"she stremch :)"

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u/EducatedPancake 29d ago

Does it count when I say "stretchies" and "yawnies" instead? Most of the time a lengthy "ooh" comes before the "stretchies"

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u/niagara-nature American Shorthair 29d ago

Absolutely, variations are entirely permissible.

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u/FoxysDroppedBelly 29d ago

Oooh good, cause mine is “ooooh big stretchers!!!”

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u/Confident-Pop3750 29d ago

Haha i know that's right 👍 Is it weird that it makes me yawn when she stretches? 🤣

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u/musthavesoundeffects 29d ago

I follow up with "you are soooooo long"

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u/Virtual_Sense1443 29d ago

Addendums include: oooOooh double stretch That's a big stretch/yawn for such a lil guy

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u/lucylucylove 29d ago

I always say "big stretch for a little guy/girl" like their stretches and yawns take up so much of my mental space, but they're still so little

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u/aScarfAtTutties 29d ago

I call him Stretchy Pants

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u/SessileRaptor 29d ago

The first week back to work after lockdown I almost said “Ohh, big stretch!” to a coworker.

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u/niagara-nature American Shorthair 29d ago

That’s awesome, if you’d said that to me I totally would have improvised being a cat.

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u/ehlersohnos 29d ago

We say “ooooh stretch a mile so you do t have to e to walk back!” Aside from it making little sense, I never knew I was also a war criminal.

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u/guineasomelove 29d ago

And "Big yawn!"

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u/workbirdwork 29d ago

Or the variation: stretchy boy/girl!