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On the other hand, I don't even know if there's a word for "mutt" with cats the way there is for generic mixed dogs. When I last moved and got a new vet, and they asked me what breed my cats were and I said I wasn't sure as they didn't have any "distinctive" breed and were shelter adopts, they pretty much just said "Domestic shorthair it is then". Not sure if that's something particular that's just common or a catch-all term.
"Mongrel" is the word, but I've barely heard it used.
Pretty confident "domestic shorthair" is the "John Doe" of cat breeds.
Because that term can't really be applied to cats. They're either a particular breed or they're not. There's no cat equivalent of a labradoodle. Over here we have "European shorthair" as the most prevalent breed and "European house cat" as a fallback for anything that isn't a breed.
I've only ever heard that used about people, as a slur.
It's a slur when used in regards to people specificallybecause it's referring to people using language normally meant for animals
Yeah, that's fair, but what I mean is that at some point the slur just takes over. When you hear the B word you no longer think about a female dog. Westerners usually don't think Buddhism when we see swastikas either.
I’ve been calling that handsome little feral gremlin, asshole, jerk-ass, mooch best buddy of mine a mongrel for 22 years now, I had no idea I was just being accurate.