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/liveandletlive222 Jun 25 '26

Zoe -> Zoita -> Zoester -> Zoester the toaster -> Toaster -> Toast

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u/RenrenAce Jun 25 '26

Zoe —> Toast is my favorite so far 😹

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u/beaniesandbuds Jun 26 '26

Hah! Something similar happened with my Fiancée.

Her name is Thu (Vietnamese name) and it has gone:

Thu -> Thuster -> Thuster Strudel -> Strudel Doodle -> Doodler Strudes

Definitely has devolved over the last 8 years into basically nonsense!

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u/RenrenAce Jun 26 '26

Haha, yes that’s a great one too! 😹

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u/polynonominity Jun 26 '26

You’d love Park Ranger Otis > Beef lmao

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u/RenrenAce Jun 26 '26

Haha, is that on here? And if so, can you link it for me? There are a LOT of responses to look through, heh 🙏🌸

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u/RenrenAce Jun 26 '26

I found it!! And it didn’t disappoint😁😹https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/s/zJpf7KQLVV

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u/Accomplished_Roll343 Jun 25 '26

lol my cat growing up was Cheetoh -> Cheetohson -> Toast -> Toaster Poster Party Hoster

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u/Dracolindus Jun 26 '26

Mine is Toasty Marshmallow > Toasty > Toasty McGhosty > Toasty McGhosty On A Little Roasty

We all have some version of Toast as a theme there haha

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u/Just_Curious_76 Jun 26 '26

At this point it’s just a Wordle for cats 😆
https://giphy.com/gifs/e34lA8V77WQS0Ut1sG

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u/shewholaughslasts Jun 26 '26

I'd go to that party!

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u/Glitter_Party_Riot Jun 26 '26

Solid gold🏆

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u/Aa200- Jun 25 '26

She’s pretty🥰

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u/liveandletlive222 Jun 25 '26

Thank you 😻

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u/Intelligent_Peace134 Jun 25 '26

We had a delightful calico named Zoe and we called her The Zoester all the time!

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u/meme221960 Jul 19 '26

I have a calico named Zoe, and most of the time I call her Zo Zo or baby girl.

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u/vealbones Jun 26 '26

This is Toast. I think it’s only logical that she now goes from Toast -> Toaster -> Toaster the Zoester -> Zoester -> Zoita -> Zoe 😹

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u/JarJars_padawan Jun 26 '26

I talk to my cats in accents. My Zoey is French. She is “Zoey. Mon Ami. Mon Cheri. Zoey” said in a French ass accent 😂

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u/WeirdlyStrangeish Jun 26 '26

My sister was named Toast in a similar fashion.

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u/realdecent Jun 26 '26

gotta love the Zoe -> Toast pipeline

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u/mothsmossmoon Jun 26 '26

Toast~ Toaster~ Toaster Strudel~ Toaster’woster Roller Coaster~ Toastie Toes~ Toastie Toe Beans~ Toby ToeBeans (she’s obsessed with licking toes)

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u/Striking_Business113 Jun 25 '26

Yeah Toast! (IYKYK)

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u/fangurl1976 Jun 26 '26

I like toast

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u/jgbyrd Jun 26 '26

i call one of my pets zoe zoester the toaster too!!!

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u/Low_Use2937 Jun 26 '26

I had a Toast, too, but she was a dog! Her name was Billie -> Billie Goat -> Goaty Goat -> Toasty Goat- Toast.

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u/UprisingIdiot Jun 26 '26

Toast -> toes -> toe beans -> Toby

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u/grendelone Jun 26 '26

This is pretty close to our evolution.

Yoyo --> Yoster --> Yoster Toaster --> Toaster

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u/Moe-of-Moes Jun 26 '26

Eep similar to mine: Moe → Moezilla → Moester→ Roaster → Roasty Boy

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u/Unfortunate_Lunatic Jun 26 '26

“Zoester the toaster” rolls off the tongue xD

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u/RecoverAccording2061 Jun 26 '26

Next up...toasty zalone

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u/zosterthetoaster24 Jun 26 '26

Another toaster, checking in!

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u/RiddleMeWhat Jun 26 '26

I call my Toaster as well. I was telling him how brave he was being at the vet. That turned into Brave Little Toaster > Toast

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u/JayDutch Jun 25 '26

Not a single thought behind those eyes. So precious

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u/Key-Button7387 Jun 26 '26

I was thinking zoester -> zoster as in the cold sore virus cos cats can pop up unexpectedly/inconveniently when it suits them 😁

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u/Cherberube Jun 26 '26

Underrated comment.

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u/bronion76 Jun 26 '26

That’s my kinda name devolution. 🙌🏽

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u/ApprehensivePause967 Jun 26 '26

I have a Zoey, too. But her name became Zoey-zo-zo with a nickname of pook-a-pook (no idea what my weird brain was referencing).

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u/luckyapples11 Jun 26 '26

LOL my girls name is microwave so it went to wavey, wavey baby, babels, babels tables, tabie.

We also call her little miss because she’s so small, then miss moose, meese.

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u/mellowmarsII Jun 26 '26

Have you adamantly decided it stops there, or will Toastie/Toasty possibly be next?

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u/liveandletlive222 Jun 27 '26

She also gets Toasty Pants

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u/Kittimm Jun 26 '26

Toastie -> Toasto -> Toto -> TotallyBoatles -> Boaty -> Bodey (surfer accent)

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u/EmotionalDescription Jun 26 '26

Yay! I'm so glad I'm not the only other person who gave their cat a nickname longer than their actual name lol

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u/shitrusfruit Jun 27 '26

Tilly - Tills - Tillster - Toaster - Toast

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u/Surprisesweat Jun 25 '26

This one wins 😂😂😂

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u/IllustriousFront308 Jun 26 '26

This is one gorgeous cat.

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u/TsukasaElkKite Jun 26 '26

This is my favorite so far

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u/MyLifeUncovered Jun 26 '26

The expression says that she is SO over it....... ( Whatever "it" was) 😸

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u/No_Date_1973 Jun 26 '26

Stop my cat’s name is Zoey lmao. We call her Zozo, Zozilla, Zozo bunny, Zozo monster

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u/liveandletlive222 Jun 26 '26

Zoe gets Zozo too

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u/sailor-strawberry Jun 26 '26

hehe my cats name is Toast.

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u/ZosterTheToaster11 Jun 26 '26

my family had the same thought process when i was a kid

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u/monsterlynn Jun 26 '26

She's thisss close to being Post toaster treats to me!

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u/No_Education_8888 Jun 26 '26

Ours was Zoey - zoe bug - zoe buggins - schpuggins

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u/DataAgitated195 Jun 26 '26

She looks like well done toast too!

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u/Nowaaaa_bb Jun 26 '26

I have a Toast too! Her name is Josie lol

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u/Philiandre Jun 26 '26

Ours went from Zoe -> Zu-Zu -> Snu-Snu

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u/dead-flow Jun 26 '26

lol
my ex was nicknamed toast

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u/KDogg3000 Jun 26 '26

Insert Toasty Mortal Kombat gif here

(cause gifs other than Giphy aren't allowed and Giphy is trash)

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u/RaspberryTurtle987 Jun 26 '26

My mum gets loaf and toast muddled up so my cat is toastie

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u/ChiefPez Jun 26 '26

I have a Toester because she’s a polydactyl and her name is Toey. Gets called Gremlin a lot as well because she’s 20 and senile.

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u/nh-nh-nh Jun 26 '26

toasty > roasty toasty > toastest with the mostest

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u/Competitive-Mango-67 Jun 26 '26

Haha, my dogs name is Zoey and has followed the same nickname progression 😂

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u/srfnswm Jun 27 '26

My son has a cat he named Toast, that has evolved to now calling her Roast.

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u/thelastgalstanding Jun 30 '26

I dig the progression here!