cat person n. /kat pərs(ə)n/
1. Someone who prefers cats to other pets
2. One who has taken cat ownership to excess
3. An unwanted but consensual sex partner, often an acquaintance
4. Someone unaware of the difference between
porn sex and real sex
ORIGIN:
Definitions 1 and 2: early 20th century from cat + person compound.
Definitions 3 and 4: early 21st century from the short story “
Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian, published in
The New Yorker (December 11, 2017)
1. Oh Robert wouldn't have a dog, he's a cat person.
2. From the smell of his bedroom
Margot could tell that Robert was a cat person.
3. After all their flirty text messages, Margot was disappointed to discover that without his shirt Robert was just another pot-bellied cat person.
4. Robert
outed himself as a cat person with his
fiendish doggie style.