Etymology
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cat + butt
catbutt (plural catbutts)
- (Canada, US, informal, sometimes attributive) The backside of a cat.
1996 May 29, Julia A. M. Hayden, “Re: GH:All Alone”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc[1] (Usenet):who must now go and prevent her 9 pound cat from kicking the catbutts of two 23+ pound cats.
1998 June 3, Erik, “Re: My FINAL reply to Lisa”, in alt.support.depression[2] (Usenet):> Probably for the same reason people stare at cats' assholes.
oh i don't know. catbutts are kinda cute, don't you think?
1998 September 29, Blake, “Re: declawing”, in alt.cats[3] (Usenet):I have been very conscious of the fact that by declawing her, I rendered her defenseless. However, she has kicked some catbutt when we had intact kitty boarders, not drawing blood, but winning by intimidation.
2000 July 1, Noelle, “Re: Oh Hell..Wonder pill lets women conceive at sixty”, in alt.support.childfree[4] (Usenet):Hey now, my cats are always sticking their butts in my face to show me what a good job they did cleaning them. I'd rather look at a catbutt than troll leavings any day.
2001 October 7, Kat & Kent [username], “semiRANT! Catbutts!”, in alt.callahans[5] (Usenet):EVERY SINGLE CAT IN THIS HOUSE HAS STUCK HIS BUTT IN MY FACE!! Do I look depressed? <various Patrons shake their heads> Do I look like I NEED a catbutt in my face?
2002 January 13, Yowie [username], “Considerate [BW][Long]”, in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes[6] (Usenet):Within a nanosecond of the book becoming a horizontal surface, there was a catbutt firmly planted upon it.
2011, Beth Taylor, Frommer's Seattle Day by Day[7], page 76:You can buy catbutt refrigerator magnets, clever cards, and fun jewelry and T-shirts by local artists.
- 2011, Alan Scherstuhl, Studies in Crap, SF Weekly, 1951 Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Pretty Much Says Life Begins at Conception, link
- Junior got mom's brown hair and dad's catbutt eyes!