Quite simply put, if you don’t count all the profanity we shout at them when they do bad things (for a couple of weeks straight, I referred to my Bengal cat as “you little bitch“), my cats still have so many nicknames, even nicknames of nicknames, it’s kinda ridiculous.

Evangeline (named after a character in a Clive Barker novel)
Given name: Evangeline
Nicknames: Putters (as in, “I taut I taw a putty tat”), Princess Putter Pants, Neeners
Okay, hers aren’t too bad.

Methos (named after the Highlander character…yeah, we’re dorks)
Given name: Methos (Miː-thoʊs)
Nicknames: Toes, Meathead, Meatball, Meaty-Toes, Toe-toe, Little Bastage (like bastard…only not), Toe-de-odee-oes, Knot-head, Big Boy, Buddy, Mr. Man, and Man-man
Given Name: Chloe
Nickname: Chlo-bear, Bear, Bear-bear, Bearzer, Biscuit, Biz, Biz-Biz, Bizzy, Bizzy-Bear, Biscuit-Butt, Chloeby (Kloʊbe)
I’m sure there are some I’ve forgotten for one or all of them, but you get the idea. And now we’re doing it to my poor kid too. One day, someone will ask me why we call our daughter “Minkin’ (It’s not even CLOSE to her real name.) Where to start…?
What are some of the odd nicknames you have for your pets?