Your cat fluffy is matter.

[sitifan]

Your cat fluffy is matter. (1:19 of the video below)

Is the quoted sentence grammatically correct?

 

[5jj]

Yes.

You are matter. I am matter. Fluffy is matter.

 

[sitifan]

Yes.

You are matter. I am matter. Fluffy is matter.

But the word "fluffy" is an adjective, isn't it?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. It's the name of the cat and should be capitalised.

 

[Skrej]

But the word "fluffy" is an adjective, isn't it?

It certainly can be, but as emsr2d2 said, in this case it's a name. It's not uncommon to use an adjective as a name for a pet - Fluffy, Goofy, Red, Squeaky, etc.

You'll also see common nouns and even verbs useds as pet names - Spot, Stripes, Squeak, Buddy, Scratch, etc. - whatever particular quality stands out or is noticeable.

As a child, we had a cat named Squiggles, apparently because as a kitten she was particularly squirmy.

 

[Rover_KE]

It doesn't always work out that way.

IWe had a cat with one eye and a broken tail.

He lost his eye in a fight with another tomcat and broke his tail when it was run over by a bike.

His name was Lucky.

 

[probus]

My Italian-Canadian neighbours named their cat Felini.

 

[emsr2d2]

My aunt had a cat called "Stiffy". Nothing to do with the cat and everything to do with fact that her grandmother (my great-grandmother) couldn't say the word "certificate"; instead she said "cerstificate". The cat's full official name was, of course "Sir Stiffy Cat".

 

[Skrej]

It doesn't always work out that way.

IWe had a cat with one eye and a broken tail.

He lost his eye in a fight with another tomcat and broke his tail when it was run over by a bike.

His name was Lucky.

I've heard a similar version of this joke, albeit with a three-legged one eyed no-balled (aka neutered) dog, similarly called Lucky.

I once panicked when cursing out my current cat, substituting 'bean-brains' for 'sh*thead" in the heat of the moment, not wanting to say the profane version in front of a group of young kids whom I didn't initially realize were watching within earshot. No idea where it came from, but it made the kids laugh and I was pleased to have avoided course language in front of impressionable ears, especially having made the switch mid-utterance.

Henceforth, she became "Beans", which has stuck to this day, despite her official name of "Mena" on the vet certificate.