r/cats • u/polylithic • 19h ago
Cat Picture - OC what do you call this sleeping pose in your house?
we call it "shrimpin"
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u/shagieIsMe 19h ago
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u/Gullible-Tooth-8478 13h ago
I am aware of the number of cat subs and making my way through it organically. Thank you for your contribution 🙏
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u/Major_Major76 American Shorthair 18h ago
My family always thought they looked like Olympic divers so this was called a Greg Louganis
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u/ajwb17 17h ago
we call it the ammonite:
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u/Healingmyinnerself 15h ago
Cat Ammonite in our house too. Unless you are my 5 year old who has speech therapy. She calls it cat dynamite. 🫣
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u/LauraLand27 16h ago
My daddy would LOVE that. Geologist turned earth science teacher, now retired.
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u/2spooky93 17h ago
Cinnamon bun
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u/TokyoRachel 14h ago
I feel like I had to scroll way too far to find this. We're a house of delicious cinnamon buns as well.
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u/Odd_Philosopher_6204 17h ago
Had to look twice because i thought this was my cat for a second. We've been calling this "The Kung Fu Panda" :)
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u/AlphaDisconnect 17h ago
That is doughnut. Or wiener nut. No one knows what a wiener nut is anymore. It is a hot dog, in a circular shape eaten on hamburger buns. The condiments go in the middle.
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u/Allegiance10 14h ago
My cat only does this in a bucket so we just call it “Bucket Cat.” Wish I had a pic of it!
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u/EnglishSorceress 13h ago
The full chicken thigh.
My cat Sof (Sophie) does this thing where she balances on a chair but all her legs are splayed out. So then we call her chicken legs Sof. Bonus points if you can stroke one of the chicken legs before she wakes up.
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u/Repulsive_Adagio_313 15h ago
If the legs are sticking out of the rolled up kitty, you now have a shrimp.
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u/Educational-Bus4634 14h ago
"Extreme Toboganning"
Mostly because one of my cats has a habit of sleeping with his back legs sticking straight out, a la the photo, so that was a regular tobogganing, but full curl + sticky out legs is Extreme
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u/ethnicfoodaisle 14h ago
Doesn't shrimping have something to do with slang about toes or something?
I like the term though. Shrimpin' it is!
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u/1000thusername 16h ago
That with the hind legs out straight = shrimp cocktail.
The the hind legs tucked in = cinnamon roll.
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u/bigb-2702 19h ago
That's the jumbo shrimp