Everyone loves a good pun, right? Well, some people are punnier than others. Cat owners, in particular, are usually partial to punny cat sayings. The following are some of the most purr-fect cat puns we’ve ever heard.
Vocabulary: Replacing Words with Witty Catticisims
- A-paw-ling – The smell of the cat’s litter box after we were away for a week was a-paw-ling.
- Cat-astrophe – A devastation to a feline, such as: “The loss of her favorite cat tree was a cat-astrophe for my kitty.”
- Cat-atonic- The cat was cat-atonic after eating the cat nip.
- Cathletic – This is actually the opposite of athletic, otherwise known as lazy. It is a good descriptive term for the comic cat Garfield.
- Cat-titude – Does your cat have attitude? No, she has cat-titude!
- Claw–ful – My cat’s litter box smells claw-ful as I haven’t changed it in weeks.
- Claw–some – My cat thinks it’s claw-some to climb my curtains.
- Fur-get – Whenever I move towards my cat with a towel, she runs. She will never fur-get the time I made her into a cat burrito in the towel and took her to the vet.
- Fur–miliar – I am so fur-miliar with my cat by now that I understand the nuances and meanings of all of her meows.
- Fur real – A cat’s way of emphasizing his dislike of something: “I refuse to eat that new cat food, fur real!”
- Fur–rend – Many feline owners consider their cat to be their best fur-rend.
- Furry – I’m always telling my cat that she’s a furry good kitty when she’s on her best behavior.
- Fur-tunate – My cat was fur-tunate that she landed on her feet when she fell from the window.
- Hiss–terical – The cat hates car rides and becomes hiss-terical when he has to get in his carrier.
- Kitten me – Are you kitten me? You can’t possibly hate these cat puns!
- Meow – When I disturbed my sleeping cat, her scathing look said, “Don’t bother me right meow!”
- Meow-sician – My cat is a true meow-sician and rubs up against me when I play any instrument.
- Mew – Do mew understand that I, your cat, will sleep on any bed that I choose in the house?
- Mew-ment – In this mew-ment, with my cat sleeping contentedly on my lap, I am happy.
- Paw-lease – If your cat has cat-titude she will be saying “paw-lease!” anytime she comes across something that doesn’t jibe with her worldview.
- Paws – I was given paws when I entered the room and saw that my cat had shredded all of the newspapers collected there.
- Paw–sitive – Are you paw-sitive that you won’t give me, your cat, a bite of whatever you’re eating?
- Purr–suasion – My cat is a master of the art of purr-suasion, as she can make me give her anything she wants.
Cat Puns to Amuse Your Friends
- What is a cat’s most important trait? Its purrsonality.
- What do you call a cat who gets anything she wants? Purr-suasive.
- What is a cat’s favorite day of the week? Caturday.
- What is every cat’s favorite color? Purr-ple.
- What kind of cats like to bowl? Alley cats.
- What do you call a cat who likes to read? Litter-ate.
- What is a cat’s favorite book? Of Mice and Men. (The Great Catsby is a close second).
- What is a cat’s favorite quote from Shakespeare? “Tabby or not tabby? That is the question.”
- What is a cat’s favorite cereal? Mice Crispies.
- What is a cat’s favorite vegetable? As-purr-agus.
- What is a cat’s favorite sodas? Meowtain Dew and Dr. Pep-purr.
- What do you get when you cross a cat with vinegar? A sourpuss.
- Why is the cat sitting on my computer? She is keeping an eye on the mouse.
- What do cats wear at night? Paw-jamas.
- What did the alien say to the cat? Take me to your litter.
- What is a cat’s favorite dessert? Mice cream.
- What is a cat’s favorite discount? Buy one, get one furry.
- Why don’t cats like to shop online? They’d rather use cat-alogues.
- What do you call a pile of kittens? A meow-tain.
- Why did the cat visit Egypt? He wanted to see the purr-amids.
- What do you call a cat with eight legs? An octo-puss.
- How did the cats act after their fight? They hissed and made up.
- When a cat creates a painting of himself, what is it called? A self paw-trait.
- What happened to the cat who swallowed a skein of yarn? She gave birth to mittens.
- How is your cat after her recent illness? She’s feline good.
- What do you call a cat who’s sleeping in your shoe? Puss in boots.
- What do you feed to an invisible cat? Evaporated milk.
- How did that male tom cat get his girlfriend? He whisker away.
- What kind of car does a cat drive? A Furr-ari.
- Who did they call to treat the sick cat? A purr-amedic.
- Why must you be careful when it’s raining cats and dogs? You could step in a poodle.
- Ten cats were in a room and one ran out. How many were left? None, because they were all copycats.
- What did the feline star of “The Real Cats of Beverly Hills” really want? A new purr coat.
- What do you call the cat who stole the jewelry from his owner? The purr-patrator.
- Who arrested the cat who stole the jewelry from his owner? Claw enforcement.
- Why did the cat get kicked out of the game? He was a cheetah.
