Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caturday

/ˈkætɚdeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: catur-day
IPA: /ˈkætɚdeɪ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Saturday, as the day of the week for posting lolcats or other pictures of cats.

Example Sentences

"I had heard of Caturday when I wrote the piece, but I’d understood that it was a proto-lolcats practice that was different from the actual lolcats meme."
"Lolcats - images of anthropomorphic felines captioned with mis-spelt web-speak ("im in ur bed zleepin" and so on) - made their first appearance on the site, during its regular "Caturday" slot, but went on to dominate blogs and sites the length and breadth of the internet."
"When he and his wife began to have children, they nicknamed them after Internet memes like the lolcat holiday, Caturday."

Etymology

Blend of cat + Saturday.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkætɚdeɪ/
British English: /ˈkætədeɪ/

Inflected Forms

Caturdays (plural)

Phrases

equivalent in Ukraine

Frequently Paired Words

котопонеді́лок equivalent in Ukraine

Questions

How do you pronounce caturday?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkætɚdeɪ/.
What does caturday mean?: Saturday, as the day of the week for posting lolcats or other pictures of cats.
Where does caturday come from?: Blend of cat + Saturday.

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