. . . Clan Terminology . . .
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Words for Cats:
Clancat: cat that is a part of a clan
Deputy: second-in-command in a clan
Kittypet: a house cat
Leader: first-in-command in a clan; always has the suffix: -star (eg. Sunstar, Firestar, etc.)
Loner: cat that lives peacefully on its own in once place but doesn't defend its territory
Queen: she-cat bearing/raising kits
Rogue: a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the clans and never spends too long in one place (generally also used to describe a cat that was formerly a clan cat)
Words Seasons:
Greenleaf: summer
Newleaf: spring
Leaf-bare: winter
Leaf-fall: fall/autumn
Words for Human:
Housefolk: a house cat's word for its humans
Twolegs: the Clan's word for humans
Nofurs: another word for human
Upwalkers: another word for humans
Words for Human Things:
Greenleaf Twolegplace: a place were humans only visit in the summer (a campsite, resort, etc.)
Halfbridge: a dock
Horseplace: fields and stables near the lake were half-tamed cats live
Monster: usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
ThunderPath: road
Tree-eater: bulldozer
Twoleg nest: a human house
Twolegplace: a human town
Insults:
Mouse-brained: not very smart
Snake-heart: cunning and sneaky; could also mean cold and unfeeling
Fox-hearted: cruel, wicked and cunning
Mouse-hearted: cowardly
Fish-face: used by Thunderclan cats to describe Riverclan cats
Exclamations of Gratitude:
"Thank StarClan!"
"Starclan be praised!"
Exclamations of Frustration or Anger:
Mouse dung: when things go wrong
Fox dung: when things go really wrong
Exclamations of Shock or Surprise:
"Great StarClan!"
"What in StarClan's name?"
Time:
Moonhigh: the time of night when the moon is at its highest---often midnight
One Moon: one month
Half-moon: two weeks
Quartermoon: one week
Sunhigh: noon
Distance:
Kittenstep
Mouse-length
Tail-length
Fox-length
Tree-length
(Can be used as such: "I almost caught a pheasant!! It was only three fox-lengths away!")
Other:
Crow-food: rotting food
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 to elders and young kits
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
Whitecough: mild chest infection
From here and here.
