EXCERPT: The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won’t Answer to, Anyway)
Excerpt from the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Front-runner
It is probably the most difficult question in one’s life. Naming one’s cat will set the tone for the rest of their personal and professional life. The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won’t Answer To Anyway) was written to tackle that very question. Times bestseller Bob Eckstein says of his latest effort, “Probably the most important piece of literary since the Bible. It’s actually right up there with it. I worked months on this and it is dedicated to my three-legged cat, Tripod…”
Basically, a baby name book but the babies were replaced by kittens. There are over 100,000 names…with about a 1,000 included in this book. The following is a sampling:
Trailer Park Cats
Feces
Cat Lady Gaga
Road Kill
Hairball
Catcall
Nicotine Patches
Billy Bobcat
Porn Names For Cats
Misty Stray
Communal Kitty
Ginger Cougar
Tom Cat
Deep Coat
Kinky Boots
Kitty Kitty Bang Bang
Feline Groovy
Felix the Bad Cat
Fluffer
FlufferNutter
Free Fur-all
Kit ‘n’ Kabooty
Cats That Refuse To Use Litter Box
Granted, not every cat experience is a fun one. And it’s times like those an owner needs to maintain their sense of humor no matter how trying. For cats who perceive the litter box as the size of a postage stamp, we present you this list.
Surprises
U Kitten Me
Scat Cat
Squirt
Stains
Turd Blossom
Missy
Mr. Headache
Poop Fairy
Messy
Mops
Tinkle
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Bob Eckstein is an award-winning illustrator, New Yorker cartoonist, and snowman expert. He is a New York Times bestseller and his new book The Elements of Stress and the Pursuit of Happy-Ish in This Current Sh*tstorm. He is coming out with The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won’t Answer to, Anyway) in August 2022.