Galeanthropy –noun, the belief that one is a cat.
What’s really amazing to me about this is the fact that we,
apparently, need a word for this situation.
There are enough people out there who believe that they are cats that a word
has been created for it.
What’s even worse is that, in spite of the fact that we have
flocks of these faux felines floating around, I haven’t met a single one.
More to the point, I now can’t stop wondering if there’s a
word for a cat’s belief that he is a dog. Because I’m pretty sure that’s just
one of the many problems that my cat, Princeton P. Kitty, is suffering
from.
Not only does he think he’s a dog, but a dog of questionable moral character.
See, the cat, unfortunately, is a liar.
This was made abundantly clear when Opie and I first started
to get serious about our relationship and made the all-too-critical step of
introducing our animals.
The thing is, when 2 dogs meet for the first time,
there is a little struggle to see which one is dominant. The
submissive one frequently drops onto his back and shows his belly,
demonstrating his submissive nature. So, upon meeting Opie’s
Rottweiler mix, Bubba, Prince took a few cheerful swipes at his head, then
dropped to the floor and showed his belly.
But, as I mentioned, the cat is a liar.
He was not showing his belly as an act of submission but to
lull Bubba into a false sense of security. Because the second that
Bubba would scamper over, thinking he was in charge, and put his nose down on
Prince’s belly, Prince would smack Bubba in the face.
Which would have been bad enough if Prince had done it
once…but he did it about 16 times. And Bubba fell for it EVERY
SINGLE TIME.
What, I wonder, is the word for THAT?
Can't you just tell this cat is plotting SOMETHING?
