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Furensic Linguist | Independent Researcher | ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› Writing about Cat-inspired Language | ๐Ÿพ Author of "Purrieties of Language" ๐ŸŽ“ PhD in Dialectology | en de it fr ru

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With our mobile phones, PCs, tablets, laptops, and whatnots, we all use technology to talk about our cats and to share cat images with people from around the world. Our gadgets together with the platforms we are on shape the way we communicate
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TechCat
How technology shapes our communication
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December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A neologist is a lexicographer of new words and expressions.

I am a meowlogist: a lexicographer of new cat-inspired words and expurressions.
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Very entertaining and informative book that covers everything you'd want to know about cats online! I especially liked the sections on the jargon used in cat communities. Must read for any cat lover!" (Review on Amazon)
๐Ÿงช #cats #caturday
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us. Just like the cats, we, too, judge other people because we want to know who they are in relation to us. Thatโ€™s psychology. When we form our judgements on the basis of language, thatโ€™s sociolinguistics.ย meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7095 ๐Ÿงช
Judgement Day
Why we know youโ€™re a cat person the moment you say โ€˜hoomanโ€™ or โ€˜cattitude.โ€™ We cat owners know that cats are judgmental. Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us, and I donโ€™t think that th...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community and on the social media platform. Whether itโ€™s Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter, differences are out there waiting to be discovered and described.
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#linguistics ๐Ÿงช
Purrieties of Language
Itโ€™s all about cat-inspired language varieties Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community they are in and on the social media platform they are on. W...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thank mew ๐Ÿ˜ธ
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
An old newspaper adage says โ€œIf it bleeds, it leadsโ€. While that may be true for many news stories out there, it does not apply to cats in the news. Mostly cat news are feel-good stories making you happy.

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Cats in the News โ€“ Cat Mews
An old newspaper adage says โ€œIf it bleeds, it leadsโ€. While that may be true for many news stories out there, it does not apply to cats in the news. Mostly cat news are feel-good stories making you ha...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#InternationalCatDay #Weltkatzentag
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it?

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International Cat Day
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it? There are various dates for world cat day, for international cat day, for national cat...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Time to prepare for 08 August - International Cat Day. Be in the know and read my book โžก๏ธ www.cambridge.org/at/universit...
Purrieties of Language | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
cool research ๐Ÿ˜ป
August 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That's interesting. Perhaps it's therefore in their memory/DNA to look for shapes and boxes.

Do you remember the channel the show was on?
July 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
On my quest to discover research on why cats love cardboard boxes so much, I have come across a research article that looks at how visual illusions affect cats. Cats can perceive shapes even if they are just illusions. ๐Ÿงช

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If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)
A well-known phenomenon to cat owners is the tendency of their cats to sit in enclosed spaces such as boxes, laundry baskets, and even shape outlines โ€ฆ
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July 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
That is pawsome ๐Ÿ˜ป
July 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Letโ€™s apply some PR (purring relations) to the Meow Factor and come up with catchy slogans to bring the essence of the blog to you, its readers, and to attract new people to linguistics with cats

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The Meow Factor in One Line
Letโ€™s apply some PR (purring relations) to the Meow Factor and come up with catchy slogans to bring the essence of the blog to you, its readers, and to attract new people to linguistics with cats. The...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Many people have an online account for their cats. I noticed that people pretended to be their cats. As cats, they used their own kind of language with their own words and spellings. As a dialectologist, I went โ€œyes!โ€ straight away.
#GuestNewsletter ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงช
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Weekly newsletter - The magic of words: Special Guest
The Meow-ning of Words: When Linguistics Gets Fur-Midable!
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July 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I could not have said it better ๐Ÿ˜ป
Come for the purr, stay for the โ€œCatnipulation.โ€
Linguistics with Cats: focusing the cat lense on language ๐Ÿงช
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June 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
That could be my new slogan ๐Ÿ˜ป
June 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Linguistics about and for cats ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ
@meow-factor.bsky.social Josie hasnโ€™t read your book yet but thinks itโ€™s very comfortable ๐Ÿ˜บ
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Aaaw โค๏ธ That is exactly why I wrote the book. I am glad that she finds it comfortable
June 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Linguistics with Cats: focusing the cat lense on language ๐Ÿงช
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Linguistics with Cats
Study language with the help of cats ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›
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June 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There are cats in LOTR ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ป: the fiddling cat in a song, a cat in Bree, cats jumping on poor mice (Sam pouncing on Gollum), cats of Queen Beruthiel (I still need to check out Queen Beruthielโ€™s cats). So we have cats in their roles as entertainers and hunters.

am reading LOTR now
June 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
aaaaaaaw
May 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM