12/28/2014

Clan Terminology


  • Cutter – A veterinarian, specifically, though not always, referring to one that spays or neuters cats.
  • Dirt - Feces.
  • Earthpath - Boundery between both Clans.
  • Fresh-kill – A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption. Fresh-kill is hunted by warriors and apprentices, and placed on the fresh-kill pile or brought to the elders. Elders, kits, queens, and sick cats eat first, then warriors and apprentices. Extras stay in the fresh-kill pile.
  • Weeping Willows- A place located in the forest territory, where the territory's corners would meet, in which two weeping willows stood and the Clans would gather in peace every full moon.
  • Gathering – The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full at Weeping Willows. There is a truce on this night, and no fighting is allowed.
  • Greenleaf Twolegplace – A place frequented by Twolegs during summer, such as a resort or camping spot near the lake.
  • Crowfood – Used as an insult.
  • Hunting Patrol – A group of cats hunting for fresh-kill to bring back for their Clan to eat. May fight if there are trespassers.
  • Loner – A cat that lives by itself and doesn't defend its territory.
  • Making dirt - Defecating.
  • Monster – A vehicle operated by humans. Often described when cats are near Twolegs/the Loudpath. Motorboats are sometimes referred to as "water-monsters."
  • WhisperCave – The place in the Forest where medicine cats and leaders shared tongues with StarClan.
  • Rogue – A usually hostile cat who does not have a permanent home, roams around, and does not care about crossing Clan boundaries.
  • Sharing tongues – Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip. A cat lies on the ground, talking, while the other grooms their fur, listening.
  • She-cat - A female cat.
  • She-kit - A female kit.
  • Silver boulder - A boulder that, when the silver disc is pulled off, holds Twoleg rubbish. To Twolegs, they are just trash cans/bins.
  • Silverpelt – The large swath of stars in the sky. These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.
  • Silverthorn - Barbed wire.
  • Smooth boulder-thing - Twoleg ball.
  • Snowmelt - A term used to describe slush or dirty, melted snow.
  • Soft boulder - A pillow or cushion.
  • Tree-eater – A bulldozer.
  • Loudpath – A paved road with an extremely acrid smell that cars often go across. 
  • Tom/tomcat - A male cat.
  • Tom-kit- a male kit.
  • Twoleg – A human.
  • Twoleg kit – A human child.
  • Twoleg nest – A human's house.
  • Twolegplace – A town, city, or village where Twolegs live.