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catty

[kat-ee] / ˈkæt i /


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The Hulu show "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" followed the catty fallout from the revelation among a group of Utah-based TikTok influencers, and has so far run for multiple seasons.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

The catty media site Gawker noted that corners of the internet like 4Chan could be expected to respond with heinous pranks, without realizing how vile the rhetoric of regular people was about to get.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026

One of the few au courant innovations on “What’s in the Box?” involves surveillance: As one couple answers questions, the camera eavesdrops on the conversations among their competition, which can range from catty to worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

She also teased her catty upcoming single “Él No Es Tuyo” — set for release in early March, the song notably features her former rival, Bellakath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

She’s not nearly as catty these days and is becoming a real friend.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

One cat can yield four to five catties.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023

The company said it had accepted 860,000 catties of garlic in deals involving 30 homes.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022

The garlic promotion attracted 852 visits and 30 transactions involving 860,000 catties of garlic during the 16 days it was available, the advertisement said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022

Not even ten catties of gold, say refugees from Changchun, can buy an air ticket from the dying northeastern capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tortoise-shell 2,081 580 — 555 1,912 — 469 5,597 catties.

From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by Robert MacMicking

The cat could be seen through a perspex dome in Schiffer's argyle-patterned backpack cat cattier - complete with plenty of air holes.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

Ages 18 to 23, they have been the hit of "collections week," though cattier observers noted one or two faux pas on the runway.

From Time Magazine Archive

She can be cattier than a back fence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here are 16 more of the cattiest critical reactions from across the internet:

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2019

In 2009, the year that the first season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” was broadcast, the buzziest reality shows on television tended to be the most melodramatic and cattiest — “Survivor” or “The Hills.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018

Rancic weighed in last and, per usual, delivered the group's cattiest remarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2015

An early feminist whose most famous play showed women at their cattiest, a formidable grande dame of high society who was one of its most caustic satirists, Luce made a career of eluding categories.

From Time Magazine Archive

The liveliest, cattiest New York gossip now has shifted to the pages of Women's Wear Daily.

From Time Magazine Archive




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