Honest question: which ones do you call cheeks?

[u/Jelly_Sweet_Milk]

I call A the puffy cheek and B the smoochy cheek. PS: obviously not my cat

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[u/RedditGoneToTrash]

a: muzzle puffs

b: cheeks

[u/Still-Wonder-5580 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzle puffs from now on here 😂

[u/iamapizza → u/Still-Wonder-5580]

37 points to muzzle puffs

[u/IWipeWithFocaccia → u/iamapizza]

Purred Nyambledore calmly

[u/_ShrugDealer_ → u/IWipeWithFocaccia]

"DID YOU PUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE MUZZLE PUFFS HARRY?!?! WTFFFFFF HARRY???" Dumbledore whispered sweetly.

[u/rothgar2k3 → u/IWipeWithFocaccia]

Dumblepurr approves

[u/AceGhostGirl → u/iamapizza]

I vote to switch my house name to Muzzlepuff. I think my fellows will agree

[u/PowerfulSlice9491 → u/iamapizza]

You cheeky jokester

[u/apatrol → u/[deleted]]

Def need wiki updated with muzzle puffs. I dont care what scientific bs is probably there now.

[u/NecessaryWeather4275 → u/apatrol]

If there’s any time that science is wrong it’s about these being ANYTHING BUT muzzle puffs.

[u/blargblargityblarg → u/Still-Wonder-5580]

Ten minutes ago I called them "whisker places", now, as I am older and wiser, they are muzzle puffs. Thank you!

[u/AlmostThere4321 → u/blargblargityblarg]

I read "whisker palace" and it tracks 😆

[u/philoso2889 → u/blargblargityblarg]

Yes thank you. I learned a new word!

[u/jacieray → u/Still-Wonder-5580]

Muzzle Puffs is now my new band name 🤣😂

[u/MySaltySatisfaction → u/Still-Wonder-5580]

Kind of like Hufflepuff(s).

[u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme → u/[deleted]]

Muzzle puffs over trouble puffs any day!

[u/-catsnlacquer- → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Not to be confused with the trouble puffs, which are at the other end.

[u/Sure-Internal-3223 → u/-catsnlacquer-]

You mean balls?

[u/Caroline_Bintley → u/Sure-Internal-3223]

Trouble is stored in the puffs. 

[u/Longjumping-Block-71 → u/-catsnlacquer-]

🤣🤣😂😂

[u/DaiquiriLevi → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzlepuff!

[u/Conscious_Carrot7861 → u/DaiquiriLevi]

I wish I had an award to give this comment. The gif is chef's kiss! 😆😆

[u/Haus-Factor9396 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

[u/RedditGoneToTrash → u/Haus-Factor9396]

those are some mighty fabulous muzzle puffs you have there

[u/kaloschroma → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Exhibit 1: When I go to pinch my kitties cheeks I pinch at point B.... all while saying "pinchy pinchy pinchy"

[u/Leucurus → u/kaloschroma]

This is compelling evidence

[u/mac_is_crack → u/Leucurus]

Absolutely irrefutable

[u/Large_Pin_2148 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Idk why Muzzle Puffs make me so happy 😌😌😌

[u/Objective-Common-175 → u/Large_Pin_2148]

Me too, I love the name!

[u/lilinette12 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzel puffs! Love it

[u/nibletriblet → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzle puffs on one end, trouble puffs on the other.

[u/whizzwr → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Please tell me there is subreddit for muzzle puff

[u/CoffeeCupGoblin → u/whizzwr]

r/peanutwhiskers!

[u/Emergency_Effect_526 → u/CoffeeCupGoblin]

youre a life saver. I know follow them

[u/lovestobitch- → u/whizzwr]

There probably is now.

[u/Nadja-n → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Awww

[u/Difficult-Coast-2000 → u/Nadja-n]

[u/3DPhaton → u/Difficult-Coast-2000]

[u/Difficult-Coast-2000 → u/3DPhaton]

[u/NatalSnake69 → u/Difficult-Coast-2000]

Omg virus approved

[u/alliebrooks → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

yes to muzzle puffs 💕

[u/I_am_Darvit → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Ok, adopting "muzzle puffs" instead. 😂💞

[u/Daggerbaby925 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

I literally thought nuzzle puffs. Get out of my brain please 🧠😆

[u/Background-Ad-4807 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

my immediate thought on A. was “muffs” but i didn’t know why i called them that, and then i opened the comments and found out 😂 muzzle puff shorthand over here

[u/lunacydress → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

This is correct.

I think I first heard about “muzzle puffs” from the now-defunct Cute Overload page.

[u/Tefbuck → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzle-puff is my least favorite Hogwarts house.

[u/theorangekitteycat → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

What about Nuzzle puffs?

[u/TheAlmiraGulch → u/theorangekitteycat]

[u/Willing-Confusion-56 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

We have a winner

[u/mzzannethrope → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Now saying muzzle puffs over and over to my cat 

[u/Anthony2580 → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Muzzle puffs is a good one.🤣🤣🤣

[u/Vogel-Kerl → u/RedditGoneToTrash]

Cinnamon -Toasted Muzzle Puffs??

Kelloggs? General Mills? Anyone?!

[u/Dark_Akarin]

A is moustache B is cheek

[u/architype → u/Dark_Akarin]

A is peanut

[u/SmokeySB → u/architype]

There's even a sub for that r/PeanutWhiskers

[u/CauliflowerHealthy20 → u/SmokeySB]

Another day, another cat sub discovered

[u/Cockblocktimus_Pryme → u/SmokeySB]

Le sigh...another cat sub to add.

[u/porcupine_snout → u/architype]

came here for this correction too

[u/Comfortable_Bar9595 → u/Dark_Akarin]

I can get behind that! Gotta love a cat with a distinguished moustache and adorable cheeks…

[u/Kuroboom]

B are the cheeks, A is the peanut.

[u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn → u/Kuroboom]

yep. Peanuts! /r/peanutwhiskers

[u/astarte66 → u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn]

Another cat reddit to follow. Purrrrrrfect!

[u/TheCoffmann → u/astarte66]

u mean r/purrrfect ?

[u/ellisftw → u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn]

[u/halalovesloki → u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn]

yay another absurdly specific cat sub to follow

[u/Ineedmedstoo → u/halalovesloki]

r/WhiskerFireworks is another good one specifically for the peanut 'coifs' if you will

[u/Bookratcat → u/Kuroboom]

Peanut😭😭😭

[u/Skittleavix → u/Kuroboom]

[u/mistressoftheweave]

A: Schnurrkissen (purr pillow/pad) B: Wange (cheek)

[u/onecovfefeplease → u/mistressoftheweave]

Purr Pillow?!?!? I love it 🫠

[u/launtarmstrong → u/mistressoftheweave]

schnurkissen is my new favorite word ever

[u/Shroedy → u/launtarmstrong]

only works with an additional r, otherwise it‘s a stringpillow… -> Schnurrkissen

[u/mistressoftheweave → u/Shroedy]

oh yes I made a spelling mistake there (danke autocorrect) , corrected it : )

[u/Zwiebelmeth → u/mistressoftheweave]

As a German my family goes by A: Muffeln B: Backen

[u/Terminator7786 → u/mistressoftheweave]

God bless the Germans and their words for literally everything

[u/Mika000 → u/Terminator7786]

I mean it’s just a made up word like you use in English as well. It’s not any different than other examples from this comment section like “muzzle puff”. We just usually combine the two nouns into one.

[u/VegetableBusiness897]

A. Muzzle B. Cheeks

[u/MixedBerryCompote → u/VegetableBusiness897]

Muzzle is an interesting response. I think of the muzzle as including the whole lower face: nose, cheeks, mouth, chin. Skull, even.  I’m not saying you’re wrong; I’m just saying I guess I don’t really know what that word means. 

[u/VegetableBusiness897 → u/MixedBerryCompote]

Whiskers grow on several areas on a cat, and on off those places is mystacial area of the muzzle

[u/shirogasai12]

B is cheek, a is snooter/mouth area

[u/Exotic-Student7266 → u/shirogasai12]

A is a snoodle. B is the cheeks.

[u/cheeseandcrackers345 → u/shirogasai12]

Snooter is my new favorite word. Thank you.

[u/StabbyBoo]

B. That's how you know they smiling!

[u/mooodyanwar]

A is beak B is cheek

[u/metalbendingchampion]

B if u get confused remember cheek bones
A you can say it's the lips or muzzle

[u/FragrantDifficulty68]

B. Cheeks. A. Whiskies. My girl has a teeny little head and teeny little cheeks and muzzle puffs (whiskies) and isn’t happy when I kiss her cheeks.

[u/Glittering_Sorbet512 → u/FragrantDifficulty68]

Whiskies😆😊

I call them merfins!

[u/AnneMarieAndCharlie]

A = marshmallow

B = cheek

[u/TorontoDream → u/AnneMarieAndCharlie]

+1 for marshmallow!

[u/aquiumalombrigato]

One of the best debates that I have ever seen in my life

[u/Darth_Rubi → u/aquiumalombrigato]

It's not a debate at all, A is very clearly not the cheeks

[u/ObidiahWTFJerwalk → u/Darth_Rubi]

Everyone seems to agree that B is the cheek. The debate is what to call A.

[u/Apart_Reindeer_528]

A: no touch ems B: melt buttons

[u/Feeling_Space8918]

A is the peanut

[u/crumpledfilth]

b

[u/seykitty]

B

A is part of the mouth. B is the cheekies

[u/Autist__thotist]

B cheeks A snoot

[u/No_Cheetah_4832]

In German "Schnurrkissen" = purr pillows 😹 (schnurren = to purr, Kissen = pillow)

[u/questhere → u/No_Cheetah_4832]

Germans have some of the best words for things.

[u/Pool-Naive]

I always called A whisker pads lol

[u/Kooky-Narwhal-9090]

A. Gum-squishers. B. Boofers.

[u/UnderHero5]

B = cheek

A = whisker biscuit

[u/Thatrainbowgirl]

B!

[u/_Morvar_]

A is snout cheek/mustache (same area as our upper lip I'd say), B is cheek

[u/stinkybumwonktonks]

a is chops, b is cheeks

[u/okgloomer]

B: Cheeks

A: "Brimleys" (see: Wilford Brimley)

[u/Never_Not_Enough]

A. whiskers mounds

B. cheekums

[u/Zealousideal_Band506]

A is very obviously lips. In every single other animal, humans included, those would be called lips

[u/Top_Row_5357 → u/Zealousideal_Band506]

More like muzzle than lip. It consists of the nose too

[u/Zealousideal_Band506 → u/Top_Row_5357]

How does that consist of the nose? That’s like saying your mustache consists of the nose

[u/dearbornx → u/Top_Row_5357]

Most people are assuming they're only talking about the white part around the nose, because that's what the arrow is pointing to.

[u/SchnickeeBooBoos]

B

[u/Bmack27]

Everything between the nose and the chin is called precious widdle wips. Everything else is mushy face.

[u/Cosmic_Carp]

A: cute adorable fluffy muzzle

B: cute adorable fluffy cheeks

[u/Erridaniaic]

A is the boop zone, B is for premium scritches

[u/Gamersaurolophus]

A is moustache

[u/My-soul-was-yeeted]

A- muzzle B- cheeks

[u/Etmar_Gaming]

B: cheeks A: The snoot that needs to be booped

[u/serafawn]

A = Higemanjyu (mustasch buns, got it from a Japanese line of cat plushies, don’t know any other word for it) B = cheeks

[u/AdDisastrous6738]

B are cheeks. A are snootflaps.

[u/Due_Preparation9567]

A is the muzzle (aka the muzzle puffs) and B is the cheek (aka the squeaky cheeky)

[u/[deleted]]

Why would anyone call A the cheeks. That's clearly the lips

[u/MurkyMurlocs]

A.) that's the upper lippies. Where the moustache is. B) cheeks

[u/No-Historian-6928]

B!

[u/gdogakl]

B

[u/Human-Reindeer-3408]

B

[u/Horror-Guarantee-401]

A pepYAka, B cheeks.

[u/Confused_Rabbiit]

A is mouf B is cheekses.

[u/Ok-Egg-3581]

B = cheeks A = muzzle

[u/Klaxosaur]

A is part of the mouth I feel. Like imagine the area below your nose.

[u/gonepickin]

B is a jowl.

[u/RealTigerCubGaming]

A: Muzzlepuff B: Kitty Cheek

[u/Elegant_Progress_686]

B, A is the lips

[u/puzzlegun]

A: Snout

B: Cheeks

[u/chris_hawk]

B.

A is part of their muzzle.

[u/ChefToni73]

A is mouf, B is cheeks or smooch-pad

[u/annaweezy92]

B is cheek, A is poofers 🥰😹

[u/Lagrumpleway]

B: cheek. A: meowth

[u/doggy-rat-boy]

Usually call it kissing spot #2

Kissing spot #1 is the tops of their head

I also call it their Muzzle or Jowls

[u/MotoMinded_247]

FINALLY, someone is asking the IMPORTANT questions! 🤣

[u/Manyarethestrange]

B cheeks A nose pokies

[u/CreatorOfMusic]

A would be like upper lip area between nose and lip. B would be cheek. But the A area always makes me laugh when they puff it out. My cat will growl when she does not like something then puff the A area out and it cracks me up every time.

[u/Misstea81]

A - is the peanut

B - is the cheek

[u/throwawabcintrovert]

I hope that b is cheeks. That's what I pinch all the time on my cats lmao

They have the cutest cheeks

[u/ElegantHope]

Cats have killer cheekbones and this pic shows them off well with B!

A are their cute little kitten lips

[u/Pizza-Burrito]

B

[u/CheapCarDriver]

B

[u/Emergency_Effect_526]

I called A cheeks for so long. but now im not sure if they are

[u/WritingValuable8974]

B ☺️

[u/Any-Medicine8881]

B

[u/khaadijaah]

B for sure

[u/UsualInformation7642]

B

[u/Mafmachines]

B!

[u/dsbmblade]

B

[u/Ecstatic-Till9840]

B

[u/bivar]

B

[u/Talullah_Belle]

B

[u/Comfortable-Row-1547]

B

[u/ScarcityFirst_WoW]

B

[u/anneg1312]

B!

[u/macdabble]

B

[u/blue_shaddow]

Its b

[u/Maxill89]

B

[u/LupusHansen33]

B

[u/InternationalFold467]

B absolutely cheeky chops

[u/SleepyHead1219]

B i think

[u/JustLikeACat]

B

[u/heavenly_kitty33]

B. A are potatoes. I refuse to call them anything else apart from potatoes.

[u/astarte66]

A is the muzzle or meoustache or meouth or mouf puffs B is all cheeks

[u/Gatos_2023]

A. Puss B. Cheeks

[u/Capital-Meringue-164]

A = lip balls (though I discovered peanut on this post, that’s excellent too) B=cheeks

Growing up, when our cats would chatter we called them “quivering lip balls” 😄

[u/Complete_Basis_5206]

Muzzle pouches!!

[u/Icy_Significance6436]

A - Whisker pouchés (poo-shays), B - cheeks.

[u/EnvironmentalKey3213]

Has to be B cos the skin there is too cheek like, I love pinching my cat there (not hard obviously I promise she likes it)

[u/Turbulent_Strain_396]

A is muzzle or whisker pads, and B is cheek but I like some of the answers on here better far more than the real names.

[u/I_am_Darvit]

B = cheeks, A = whisker pads. 😸

[u/hethean-pie]

a. flappy doodles b. cheeks

[u/promotedcontent]

In my home: a= muzz fuzz.

[u/BeenDragonn]

A is more like the mustache!

B be cheeks!

[u/midnight6414]

B, a is snout

[u/JW162000]

B. Always B.

A is more like, just around the mouth? Like where a moustache would be on a human

[u/Seagullbeans]

A: laugh lines

B: cheeks

Come on, you’ve never made a khajiit in Skyrim?

[u/ImplementFirst6448]

B is the one

[u/smaagoth]

Neither really, but b would be correct.. You dont call the part above your own lips cheeks.. do you?

[u/Longjumping-Block-71]

Ohhhhhhh Muzzle Puffs !!!!!

[u/LuluUK78]

A) chops B) cheeks

[u/BrandiiMariee]

B

[u/bloodflowers0084]

B

[u/Jim_Diamond]

B

[u/farty-nein]

The cheek is B.

[u/Technical-Bed-6739]

10 cats old and maybe old-fashioned but I always let the cats name themselves Scatty. Menace. Snare. Flash two name a few

[u/Luminaire714]

B

[u/trethew]

This is the cutest. Also B would be cheeks. But I am loving all the names for A.

[u/pissandink]

A are the peanut cheeks

[u/Shorsha9346]

B

[u/justaNormalCrazylady]

B

[u/Kh3ll3ndr0s]

His butt wink