The first time I heard the word “woobie” was in 2005. Rose heard her mother use it to refer to a blanket that her brother would carry around with him like Linus from the Peanuts comic strip. I thought it was a made up word but it really exists and it means “security blanket.”
I was introduced to the word after we adopted Tigger and Flash. Initially, Tigger was adopted by Rose’s mother, but the next day the shelter called and said they wanted him back because his brother Flash was in much distress without him. We tried to talk her into adopting Flash (they had different names then) but she only wanted one cat at that time so we ended up adopting both of them.
They lost their mother at a very young age so Tigger developed a habit of sucking on Flash’s belly. Rose referred to Flash as Tigger’s “woobie” and would jokingly say to tigger “No sucking on the woobie!”
Tigger sucking on Flash’s belly.
Tigger and Flash with Alex watching.
Later we bought a fleece blanket and discovered that the cats were attracted to it like catnip. Soon the blanket was referred to as the “woobie blanket” and we bought several more over the years.
Last week Rose put one of the woobie blankets on one of the chairs in the living room and it instantly became Chris’s new favorite place to nap.
Chris napping on the woobie blanket
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Bad Cat Chris 
What a sweet post………fleece blankets (or woobies!) are wonderful for catnaps AND people naps……..
Hugs, Pam
I can see why cats like them. They are so soft. š
Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of the term “woobie”, but now I might just steal it when Cody uses our blanket, and I will think of you every time I say it!
Having a large vocabulary makes you seem more intelligent, however, I’m not sure using “woobie” will get you into Mensa. “)
That is so adorably cute. Kind of like the way I am with my blankie. I gotta have it! XOXO – Bacon
Not your blankie, your woobie. š
Check. Woobie from now on! XOXO – Bacon
Sometimes I think the words fleece and woobie are interchangeable – and Binga agrees!
I would agree too. š
We get a catalog that has “woobies.” We think they use it too refer to the type of fabric. It was nice to meet some of the past kitties. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Unfortunately they have all passed. š¦ Just curious, what catalog sells woobies?
Oh this is lovely š my daughter had a blankie…we still have it all of 29 years later…went everywhere…one bunch of fosters I had years ago were gorgeous..all tuxies..one was much bigger that his siblings..a real porker he was š and it was quite common that his smaller sibs would be found attached to his teats..poor little guy used to be red raw hahahaa š seems that though he was mum…his woobies bought all the kittens to the yard š š hugs Fozziemum
Flash eventually got tired of the belly sucking and started rejecting Tigger when he tried. It was Flash’s way of telling Tigger to grow up. š
Thankfully š poor old Pugsly was the most popular milk cart in town..bless em š
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š I love the name Pugsly. My sister-in-law named a kitten Pugsly but then changed it to Speedy Petey. I was dissapointed about that and still called the cat Pugsly for awhile after that.
Hahah I was always on the hop thinking up names for fosters..when you have so many…I loved Pugsly to..i called one of his sibs Tudely (had an attitude) Marms (looked like marmite) Medge (looked liked Vegemite) hahaah and then the whole group would get a name too… we the The fitz’s as they all were hissy fit kitten when I got them and within that group we had Big Fitz..Little Fitz…and so on…goodtimes š
We have woobies….though we don’t call it that. But we have special blankies that we love sleeping on.
That’s good. Considering that most cats are championship nappers, you should have something comfortable.
Our cats like woobies too. Suki is very picky about her woobies tho.
Not our cats. Any woobie is a good woobie. š
Reblogged this on Bad Cat Chris and commented:
Do you know what a “woobie” is? Here is a post from 2014 about woobies.
Love the photos, those blankies are sure darn popular here too!
I think they were made with cats in mind.
That is so cute. A great word and we love those fleece blankies around here too
I think we have about five of them.