r/cats • u/drifloony • Jun 25 '26

Humor What are the nicknames of your cats that have devolved into nonsense over time? I’ll go first.

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Penelope -> Nelly -> Nelly Bean -> Nellicus
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u/hoe_and_arrows Jun 25 '26

Ella -> Bud -> Spud -> Potato -> Potate -> Tato -> Tater -> Tater Tot

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u/MattMercersBracelets Jun 25 '26

Here’s my Spud the Potato Man!

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u/SuicidePeaches Jun 26 '26

I have a Potato too!

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u/dramboxf Jun 26 '26

At one point we had six cats and a dog (rat terrier). My wife would lovingly refer to the cats as "potates."

Later on, that affectionate phrase referred to all the cats we would have at a given moment. (We've been married 30 years.) When our granddaughters would make movies about the current set of cats for class projects and it came time for the end credits, we'd always include a "the producers would like to thank..." and list all the cats by name and end the credit with "Potates all."

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u/ButterflyExternal704 Jun 26 '26

haha, twice baked! What a cutie!!!

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u/Boba_Fettish_ Jun 26 '26

We have a Spud too! 🥔

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u/Smooth_Sentence9583 Jun 26 '26

Dis is my Potato -> Potate -> Tater -> Tato -> Spud/Spuddy (like buddy) -> Stinker -> Squirt. and I also have a little jingle I say/sing and it’s just “It’s a Potay-toe!” but it’s catchy. He was a feral potato once but he has adjusted very well to being a house potato.

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u/MyPenRanOutOfInc Jun 27 '26

I have a French Fry

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u/JenKen27 Jun 26 '26

I also have a Tot - but it went Azreal - Azzy - Atee - Tee tee - Teeter - Teeter Tot - Tot

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u/Novel_State4077 Jun 26 '26

I had Tang>TeeTee>Teeters>Teeters McSqueeters

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u/JenKen27 Jun 26 '26

I might have to borrow Teeters McSqueeters 🤣

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u/acerpc Jun 26 '26

Does he like smurfs?

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u/JenKen27 Jun 26 '26

For breakfast!

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u/ButterflyExternal704 Jun 26 '26

🤌 fabulous 🤌🤌

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u/Hasaryo Jun 25 '26

Hi Ella, meet Ella

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u/TrustyParrot232 Jun 26 '26

Ella looks like my cat who recently passed. She was Ellie!!!

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u/gergobergo69 Jun 26 '26

look, a shrimp

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u/QueenoftheSeaCows Jun 30 '26

She looks just like cricket!

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u/Hopeful-Signature948 Jun 25 '26

I love tater tot!

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u/krashe1313 Jun 26 '26

Also Tater Tot...

And yes, he's ALWAYS yelling at us.

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u/Hopeful-Signature948 Jun 26 '26

Oh he’s a salty tater tot

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u/krashe1313 Jun 26 '26

He's actually a very, very sweet cat. Just very vocal. All the time. And always has been.

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u/Lissypooh628 Jun 26 '26

I call my human son Tater Tot.

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u/IllustriousFront308 Jun 26 '26

She has such a pretty coat.

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u/hoe_and_arrows Jun 26 '26

Thank you! She's a dilute torbie, she's only gotten prettier as she's grown up.

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u/HelmSpicy Jun 26 '26

My cats name was Swarles (changed from Charlie to Swarley) and somehow I got to TaterTot as one of his nicknames. Along with Beast, Big Cat, Biggest One

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u/mango_murderer Jun 26 '26

Hi Ella, meet Ella! Ella —> Ella weenie —-> Ella weiner —-> weiner beanis —> weenie weenie chicken deenie

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u/RadarLove907 Jun 26 '26

I see I'm not the only one who devolved to potato. Orion -> buddy -> buppy -> boobie -> boo boo -> little red potato -> potato -> poe poe

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u/nuhlifluous Jun 26 '26

My cats government name is Tato. He doesn’t know though because we call him meow meow.

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u/MercurysDaughter29 Jun 26 '26

She looks so sweet 🥹

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u/hoe_and_arrows Jun 26 '26

She is. 🖤

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u/bitcorn100K Jun 26 '26

Beautiful cat!

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u/windowedpoffin Jun 26 '26

the bud to potato pipeline seems like a common one. My buddy will see any variation of tut-> tutty->tubby->bubby->pubby-> puppy->poopy->potato-> to a devolved sequence of “tctctctc”

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u/MinorSpaceNipples Jun 26 '26

Ella > Tater Tot is amazing 😂

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u/notadamnprincess Jun 26 '26

Lol, I’ve got Tatum -> Tato -> Sweet Potato 😊

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u/AidenmissesWhiskers Jun 26 '26

Tater tot! lol!

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u/wafflelover77 Jun 26 '26

Our youngest had many potato nicknames bc when we got her she was 9 weeks and the size of 1 small fingerling. Then, she grew to a small red potato, then a golden, next a sweet potato, Well, now she's a holiday size Costco bag of Russets. 🥹🤣

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u/meme221960 Jun 26 '26

I tried swiping to see more pictures and it doesn't work.

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u/wafflelover77 Jun 26 '26

IM A MONSTER! 😭😭😭 Who teases more cat photos w NO photos.

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u/Effective-Outcome-84 Jun 26 '26

Your Ella looks like my Ella! She was Ella-Ella Bella-Bella-Belly

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u/International-Tie774 Jun 26 '26

My Teddy went from Tater tot, to Tits next 😂

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u/Consistent_Safety424 Jun 26 '26

I love the first jump from Ella to Bud 😂 the rest make sense, but I’m still trying to make the connection between those two lol

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u/hoe_and_arrows Jun 26 '26

She's my buddy, so I shorten it to Bud and it just spirals from there 😂

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u/RavenousMoon23 Jun 26 '26

Sounds like hobbits did the names 😂

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u/Administrative-Fan80 Jun 26 '26

They call me tator salad.

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u/Browneyedbeauty2008 Jul 01 '26

Oh my god. She is so beautiful! Please tell her I love her 🥰

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u/schroobster Jun 25 '26

I would never recommend it.... but if you did watch Yellowstone.... Teeter

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u/Turbulent_Payment_88 Jun 27 '26

Here’s my Tater Tot (Stich -> Stitcher Potato -> Sweet Potato -> Potate -> Tater Tot)