About a year ago I told my 5 year old DGD (who is autistic and has ADHD) that I have two pussy cats. DGD did, on a few occasions, say pussy instead of cat. DD was horrified and read me the riot act. I made sure that since that telling off, the word “pussy” did not pass my lips and my cats are referred to as “cats”. Fast forward to yesterday when I received a text from DD telling me that DGD (who is 6 now) used the word “pussy” when referring to a cat soft toy. I have been asked again, not to use the word even though I haven’t seen DGD for months and have certainly not used the word at all. When I was a child our cat was a pussy cat. I used to call her in by saying “here puss puss”. Is the word so bad these days that it can’t be used for our cats? AIBU in thinking that my DD over reacted? Her argument is that DGD will get teased at school because no one calls a cat a pussy. Is it an English term, pussy for a cat? Do any GNs use the word? I’m intrigued to know.
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