I Love Little Pussy

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/10/2012 4:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> It's been many years since I heard a living person refer to a cat as a
> "pussy." Or even as a "pussycat."

I'm guessing for the same reason we have one fewer words for "happy" or
"festive" than we used-to.

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