Cat Daddy Car

Cat daddy car?

There is a bit more discussion and then he says, �Oh, I get it, this is your cat daddy car.� I pause and reply, �Ah yeah, I guess so.�

In thinking about this conversation, it occurred to me that �cat daddy� might be a good name for this car. But before the official christening, I need to know what �cat daddy� means. So, could someone more urban-oriented please enlighten me?

I looked at some of Yahoo�s slang dictionaries, and although I now know what �cave boy� means, I still don�t know the meaning of �cat daddy�.

--Rich Hirsch

Ahh, �catdaddy�, the conglomeration of two words - the first, �cat�, meaning a fur-lined feline creature, the second, �daddy�, meaning parental heritage of the male persuasion. put together, �catdaddy.� I haven�t got a clue what it means.

You said, �I looked at some of Yahoo�s slang dictionaries, and although I now know what �cave boy� means, I still don�t know the meaning of �catdaddy�.�

Ahh, �cave boy� - it didn�t have my picture there, did it?

--Brian Shorey

I had my crack research team, a/k/a Mom, work on this question, knowing that she is the proud possessor of two-thirds of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang (mercifully, both �cat� and �daddy� fall early in the dictionary, as the third and final volume has yet to be published). Here is what she said:

�Hi Elie � you are onto fresh slang � the term does not specifically appear in the dictionary of slang. However, �cat� is there with many meanings, the first of which is promiscuous woman, prostitute. Others relate to devotee (as in jazz), prison informer, tractors, etc.�

�In Black English, �cat� as a verb means to roam around, especially at night. �Daddy� has as its first definition, older man in prostitute lingo and not too far down the list is pimp.�

�I suspect that a cat daddy car would be what we�ve called a pimp mobile but it sounds like the questioner is thinking of something like a car to prowl around in and impress the chicks with ...�

Hmm... I can�t say �66 Sprint GTV quite fits the pimpmobile image. For some reason the Milano (75) was a very popular car with the local drug dealers - for many years we wondered why our Alfa dealer was in such a rundown neighborhood; with the coming of the crack boom it turned out they simply had been prescient. But a GTV pimpmobile? There isn�t enough headroom for the obligatory pimp hat! (cat daddy hat?)

--Elie Spiesel

While I appreciate your effort and your reply, I�m not sure I like the negative connotation of your definition: �... I suspect that a cat daddy car would be what we�ve called a pimp mobile ...�

I previously got a definition of cat daddy from a friend that�s more plugged into Urban Culture than I am (i.e., he watches a lot of Fox TV and occasionally even watches the WB Network). His definition is: �A �cat daddy� is a cool guy. Consequently, a �cat daddy car� is a car used for picking up chicks. In other words, a babe magnet. According to my source, cat daddy cars are usually older cars, such as '60s Corvettes.�

As to your comment about there not being enough room in a �66 GTV for �the obligatory pimp hat,� one might overcome this problem by adjusting the rake of the seat back. One could not, however, overcome the problem of much-too-limited ho capacity.

--Rich Hirsch

Besides the problem of much-too-limited ho capacity, there is not enough room on the rear parcel shelf to have cat daddy-type relationships.

�Well, your honor, while the rear parcel shelf activity in my �66 GTV may have been �inappropriate�, it did not involve pimping out ho�s...�

--Brian Shorey

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