Dear Ferret Folks- It occurs to me that in anthroplologic terms we represent a distinct sub-culture.(I took anthropology in college. Anthropologists get to wear Birkenstocks to work, and collect shrunken heads and other cool stuff. ) Like any and all sub-cultures, we use our own highly idiomatic jargon when posting to each other, a specialized language. We must have some pretty bizarre conversations by non ferret slave standards. We talk about 'dooking', 'carpet-sharks', 'speed-bumps' and 'woozlekisses'. 'Fuzzbutts', 'hammies', and 'fur-snakes'. Makes sense to us, completely baffling to the rest of the world. Could I perhaps have some help compiling a list of these terms? There must be some wanna-be etymologists out there in weasledom...(etymologist: a word freak, generally a variety of brainy nerd physically abused in school. Good at Scrabble.) I think that we deserve our own dictionary, don't you? I love words. Hey! I just got a woozlekiss from the fuzzbutt my husband dumped on my shoulder! (Under the Taliban, you could be arrested just for SAYING that out loud.) Sincerely, Alexandra (From the Gk. 'Iskander', a helper of men) in Massachusetts [Posted in FML issue 3702]