Everything I Know About Warriors (and writing a fanfiction)

Clan Terminology

We all know Warriors' has a lot of strange words, and sometimes it hard to remember them! This part will show you what to call certain things and how to spell them

General Terms:

Cutter -  A veterinarian, often referred to as one that spays or neuters cats, but this is not always the case.

Dirt - Feces.

Fresh-kill - A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption.

Fourtrees - A place located in the old forest territory, where the four territories would meet, in which four oaks stood and the Clans would gather in peace every full moon.

Gathering - The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full, at either Fourtrees, the Island, or your own Gathering place. There is a truce on this night, and no fighting is allowed.

Greenleaf Twolegplace - A place frequented by Twolegs during the summer, such as a resort or camping spot.

Halfbridge - A boat dock.

Horseplace- A place where horses are kept, such as ranches and stables. Often refers to the Horseplace at the lake territory.

Hunting patrol - A group of cats hunting for fresh-kill to bring back for their Clan to eat.

Kittypet- A house-cat/domesticated cat.

Loner- A cat that lives by itself and doesn't defend its territory; usually doesn't stay in one place for too long.

Making dirt -  defecating.

Monster -  A vehicle operated by humans; cars, trucks. Motorboats are sometimes referred to as water-monsters.

Moonpool - The place near the lake territories where medicine cats and leaders share tongues with StarClan.

Moonstone- The place in the old forest territories where medicine cats and leaders shared tongues with StarClan.

Mothermouth- The opening to the cave where the Moonstone is/was located.

Rogue - A usually hostile cat who does not have a permanent home, roams around, and/or does not care about crossing Clan boundaries.

Sharing tongues - Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip.

Sharptooth- A term the Tribe of Rushing Water use for cougars. They are rarely encountered and more dangerous than eagles.

She-cat -  A female cat.

She-kit - A female kit.

Kit - kitten. Clan cats do not say kitten.

Tortoiseshell- Tortoiseshell is a word we (humans) use as well, another word for a calico, but without white, meaning just ginger (orangeish-brown) and black. The Clans do not know the word calico, so instead, they say (or at least I do) tortoiseshell-and-white. (Just to add, most tortoiseshells/calicos are she-cats, and toms are almost always sterile, meaning they cannot have kits.

Silver boulder - A trash can/bin.

Silverpelt - A large swath of stars in the sky (believed to be the Milky Way.) These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.

Silverthorn -  Barbed wire.

Smooth boulder-thing - Twoleg ball.

Snowmelt - A term used to describe slush or dirty, melted snow.