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Less the horn, my neighbor’s cat looks just like that.
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There is also a Pusheenosaurus
I like the frowny face.
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Pictures or it didn’t happen.
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I was unaware of “Pusheen” until this post, but my Irish mother calls small cats “pusheens”. I never heard anyone else use that word until now. Not sure if these means “a kitten” or just “a small cat”. A man of small stature is a “maneen”. In “The Quiet Man” once character is called “Mickel-leen”, meaning “small Michael”. I assume this is where the creators of this character got the name (from a diminutive of pussy-cat, not from my mother). If this is a common usage, I am unaware if it.
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I think that’s about it. Would be a helluva coincidence otherwise.
Regarding diminutive forms, you can also ad “beag” ( pronounced byug) after a word to emphasize smolness. So if Michael was indeed very small, you could call him Mickeleen Beag.
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Rule 34 applies?
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Well, how else ya thunk the cat unicorn were begat?
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