But would it smell as sweet?

[ornoth]

For some years now I’ve had a Post-It Note bearing my list of possible cat names. That being singularly prone to misplacement, I thought I’d enter them here. Perhaps they’ll be of some amusement value.

I imagine I’ll make periodic additions to this post in the form of additional comments.

• Derived from what cats do:
  • Kittle
  • Critter
  • Licker
  • Nipper
  • Ripper
  • Clunker
  • Cutter or Boxcutter
  • Fluffer (double-entendre intended)
  • Dusty or Duster (the autonomous dustrag)
  • Loaf (the noun, not the verb)
  • Carbuncle

• Derived from reggae and ska:
  • Ragamuffin
  • Rudy (from Jamaican “rude boys”, gangsters)
  • Jah or Jahjah (that's “God”, folks)
  • I (as in “I and I”, another reference to God)
     
• Identity disorder:
  • Butler
  • Pooch
  • Commander
  • Autonomous
  • Inkjet