Important Terms

[Feather/Moss|Marsh\Maple]

These are some terms that we use while posting, and some can get quite cornfuzzling, so if you get cornfuzzled, come here and we'll translate for ya! So, if you don't read these books then u prob won't know alot of thes terms. If you do read the books... Why are you reading this? XD

Warrior Terms: Human Terms

Apprentice: Student

Apprentice Naming Ceremony: Baby into Child

Cat Language: Human language

Changing Names Ceremony: Changing Names

Clan: Group

Crow-Food: Rotting food

Den: House

Deputy: Co-Boss

Deputy Naming Ceremony: Worker into Co-Boss

Elder: Grandparent

Elder Naming Ceremony: Adult into Grandparent

Fox Dung: an insult; stronger offense that mouse-brain

Fresh-Kill: Recently killed prey

Gathering: A meeting that the Clans hold in peace at every full moon

Great Hill: Where the clans meet

Greencough: Severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits

Greenleaf: Summer

Greenleaf Twolegplace: A place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, resort, etc)

Halfbridge: Dock

Horseplace: Fields and stables near he lake where half-tamed cats live

Housefolk: A house cat's word for humans

Kit: Baby

Kittypet: A house cat

Leader: Boss

Leader Naming Ceremony: Co-Boss into Boss

Leafbare: Winter

Leaf-Fall: Fall/Autumn

Loner: A cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory

Medicine Cat: Doctor

Medicine Cat Ceremony: Adult being hired as a doctor

Mentor: Teacher

Monster: Usully refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers

Moonhigh: The time of night when the moon is at its highest-often midnight

Mouse-Brained: Not very smart

Mouse Dung: An insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung

Newleaf: Spring

Nofurs: Another word for humans

One Moon: One month (Half moon = two weeks, quarter-moon = one week)

PM: Private Message

Queen: Mother

RL: Real Life

Rogue: A potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends to long in one place

RP: Role Play

Sharing Tongues: Term used to describe cats grooming each other

She-Cat: Girl

Silverpelt: The Milky Way

StarClan: Heaven

Sun-Drown Place: The sea to the west, where the sun sets

Sunhigh: Noon

Tallstone: Where the Leader holds ceremonies, etc

Thunderpath: A Road

Tom: Boy

Tree-Eater: A bulldozer

Twoleg Nest: A human house

Twolegplace: A human town

Twolegs: The Clans' word for humans

Upwalkers: Another word for humans

Warrior: Adult

Warrior Naming Ceremony: Child into Adult

Whitecough: Mild chest infection



Suffixes In Warrior Terms: What It Means In Human Terms

-star (ex. FeatherSTAR): Leader

-paw (ex. RainPAW): Apprentice

-kit (ex. FlameKIT): Kit

-clan (ex. StarCLAN): A clan

Hope this helped!
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