The ‘cat’ in ‘catatonic’ isn’t derived from the animal’s name; it’s from the ancient greek katein-, which meant ‘lowering’, ‘descent’ or ‘diminishment’. A cataract is water descending a cliff; a catatonic person is in a diminished capacity. However, while ‘catastrophe’ literally meant a falling star, it now refers the prize for la belle derierre at the cat show.
Superfrog almost 14 years ago
That’s dogastrophic!
Edcole1961 almost 14 years ago
He might still recover from this ruff condition.
WoodEye almost 14 years ago
Maybe she needs a CAT scan?
Aries1776 almost 14 years ago
shame on everyone, going for the easy jokes
pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Needs a DOG scan.
(Aries is just jealous that s/he couldn’t do better.)
MisngNOLA almost 14 years ago
Perhaps they should do some Lab work, you can’t just leave her there to rott weiler condition gets worse.
cdward almost 14 years ago
Well, at least it’s not a ginandtonic state.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
The Dogtor has been too dogmatic in his dognosis.
runar almost 14 years ago
The ‘cat’ in ‘catatonic’ isn’t derived from the animal’s name; it’s from the ancient greek katein-, which meant ‘lowering’, ‘descent’ or ‘diminishment’. A cataract is water descending a cliff; a catatonic person is in a diminished capacity. However, while ‘catastrophe’ literally meant a falling star, it now refers the prize for la belle derierre at the cat show.
pumpgirl almost 14 years ago
maybe a little prayer to DOG will help?
jpozenel almost 14 years ago
Uhhh…okay.
ponytail56 almost 14 years ago
just let us have a little pun