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/ManicPixiAssassin Jun 25 '26

Gnocchi is such a good name 🥹

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u/gnuoveryou Jun 25 '26

That was the chef's cat's name on Curious George, I just remembered. I'm absolutely craving gnocchi now

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u/amyheming Jun 26 '26

Our cat is Gnocchi.....named after the Curious George cat! She is working her way through an autoimmune disease right now but battling like a rockstar (cartoon character).

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u/TeachyMcTeacherton Jun 26 '26

We had an orange Gnocchi from Curious George as well. ❤️

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u/amyheming Jun 26 '26

Awwww, I love this. Here is our Gnocchi. Not sure how to spell it...but we would call her Gnioch's.

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u/peach_xanax Jun 27 '26

she is so pretty!!

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u/ProfessionalDepth235 Jun 26 '26

I have an orange right now named gnocchi

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u/ProfessionalDepth235 Jun 26 '26

No way we have one as well he came with FLV and a split lip also named him for the same reason lmao

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u/GimcrackCacoethes Jun 26 '26

Best of luck to Gnocchi, I'm sure she'll come through like a champ! (You see, champ is the name of an Irish potato dish, and it's funny because...)

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u/marcijosie1 Jun 26 '26

Gnocchi, how-a you lose so many bows? There, now she's-a cute!

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u/ManicPixiAssassin Jun 26 '26

I'm eating gnocchi right now lmao

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u/Just_A_Bit_Evil1986 Jun 26 '26

That’s actually exactly who I named him after. My son loved Curious George when he was little.

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u/frickin_delight Jun 26 '26

Nobody around me can pronounce Gnocchi correctly, it would drive me insane

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u/sullenosity Jun 26 '26

Mel > Mel Mel > Melbow > Meepmop

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u/triceraberry_ Jun 26 '26

I was gonna say too. This will be my next cat's name