puddy
- noun
- /ˈpʌdi/
- Baby Talk
- My 13-year-old self's nascent puddy-like mind could not believe what it saw.
- a puddy-tat
- a puddy cat
Examples
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You think you're tough? -I dare you, Spike, to call my bluff -You're a very scary puddy tat!
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By end of the day, he's definitely been one bad little puddy cat.
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Want a job, puddy tat?
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I did, I did, I did see a puddy tat!
Blog text (28) -
He's a big bad old puddy tad, isn't he?
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That means I'm rubbing base up and down the insides of her thighs... like, right around her puddy... and I'm just like, "Man!"
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MENTAL (a la Tweety Bird): I taut I taw a puddy cat.
Fiction book (1994) -
My little brother loves to play with our puddy cat in the garden.
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She calls her new kitten a puddy tat, just like in the cartoons.
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Whenever the puddy cat curls up on my lap, I feel so relaxed.
Synonyms
A small cat that people keep at home
A cat or a gentle, kind person who is easy to get along with
A small cat often kept as a pet
A pet cat people call in a friendly way to children
A name people use to call a cat or kitten
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puddy likely comes from baby talk for pussy, an older word for a 'cat'. One popular story says the cartoon phrase puddy tat, Tweety's way of saying 'pussy cat', made this cute form famous, so puddy is used as a small, friendly word for a cat.