meower

noun — 2 senses

meower

nounalso spelled Meower

Etymology From meow + -er.

1

One who meows.

  • Consider this next argument: B. P1: No dogs are meowers. P2: All normal cats are meowers. C: No dogs are cats.2011, Jamie Carlin Watson, Robert Arp, Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well, page 75:
  • Callie explained how when her family brought her home, the cat was already in the den. Her name was Misty and she was an older cat, one of the meowers who yowled in the alley[…]2012, Dayna Lorentz, Dogs of the Drowned City #3: The Return:

Meower

noun

Etymology From meower (“one who meows”). The original Meowers, denizens of the alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead newsgroup, rendering the alt.fan.karl-malden.nose newsgroup unusable, began including the word "meow" in their posts in reference to a user of the latter newsgroup with the initials CAT; the "meow" itself was a reference to Henrietta Pussycat, a character from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

1

Internet, Historical A participant in the Meow Wars who flooded newsgroups with nonsensical messages.

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