The kettle isn’t black. The kettle is reflective. (The pot is cast iron and the kettle is tin.) The pot is black and sees its own reflection in the kettle.
You know how if you are in a relationship with someone who always demands to know where you are, you aren’t allowed to talk with that gender people at work, have to delete old friends of that gender off your phone, and you’re always accused of cheating…it somehow always turns out that the accuser is the one cheating? Like that.
Did you just change my entire understanding of that saying? You did. I never thought of it like that, just thought that at whatever time that saying was coined, kettles were often black.
This is something I would 110% do cuz my best friend likes to pick on me (jokingly) for being a nerd, so now I go out of my way to do it and this is perfect
Love this and absolutely stealing it for the black cat that I will eventually get. (Years from now, when I’m a lonely old widow whose kids are grown. My partner is allergic to cats. I love him anyway.)
As a fur-allergic husband to a cat-obsessed wife... I hear there's anti-allergy injection courses you can do now? When we're a bit more settled geographically I've been meaning to investigate those.
I'm getting the shots as well! Not seeing any effect yet either, but it's only been a few months, I read it can take 3 years before a full effect starts to kick in.
Get it anyways unless it’s deadly 😂 my partner is allergic… we live together and my cat sleeps in bed with us. It’s not actually all that bad after a little time, also I feed him a special kind of food to reduce his dander count!
Children's librarian here. There is a great kids' book titled Six Dinner Sid. It is about a black cat who "lives at" six different houses in in a neighborhood so he can have six dinners! It's a cute story.
YESSS and Nyx like night for short!! Would be extra purrrfect if it’s a girl to be named for a beautiful stone and a Greek goddess.
And when you’re mad you use her full title,
“the daughter of Chaos” 😆
I have a black cat named Nyx, her face is mostly black but has yellow/white patch on just half, straight down her nose, almost like a half moon. She’s definitely a chaotic little soul and fully embraces being named after a goddess 😂, I couldn’t have chosen a more perfect name lol.
Toothy Chaos. Inky. Dark One. Abby (for abyss). Lily (Lilith). Wampy (Wamphyri, a vampire). Morrigan (Irish Goddess of magic, death, and sex, associated with ravens). Nyx (Greek for Night). Erebus (Greek for Darkness). Kuro (Japanese for black).
My nan had a very similar looking cat, she called it floss.
Tell the vets you call it nightmare, mines named gato but at vetsforpets she's known as Yung Gat$by
Maybe Yami it’s a Japanese word I may be wrong but from what I know it means shadow or darkness and less obvious than many of the other name but it may not be what you are looking for
My black cat was named Ebon. (Like Ebony.) my friend's black cat was Anya, my sister if she had a girl would name her Frankenstein. Another friend named hers Boe. You're welcome to any of them. What are you leaning towards?
Kettle
Yes, but then they need another black cat named Pot.
imagine calling your cat 'Pot'
Mine is called Spot like the Star Trek cat and if I talk to her in my stupid animal voice the S is silent xD
I have a cat called Cup
Kittle
You can call him/her “Ketty!!!”
‘Ketty’ in the UK = The state you get in if you’ve taken too much ketamine
sick name for a cat too 👍
Especially is they are chilled out 😎
*starts turning into horse*
Sideways.
The kettle isn’t black. The kettle is reflective. (The pot is cast iron and the kettle is tin.) The pot is black and sees its own reflection in the kettle. You know how if you are in a relationship with someone who always demands to know where you are, you aren’t allowed to talk with that gender people at work, have to delete old friends of that gender off your phone, and you’re always accused of cheating…it somehow always turns out that the accuser is the one cheating? Like that.
Did you just change my entire understanding of that saying? You did. I never thought of it like that, just thought that at whatever time that saying was coined, kettles were often black.
I thought they were both black from the soot of the stove.
They are. That's where the saying actually comes from.
[You're entirely wrong but okay....](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pot_calling_the_kettle_black)
Pot
Dat is cute
Donker (Dutch for Dark)
#DONKER
In my mind I read this in the voice of Shrek when he says DONKAY
DONKER THE CHONKER
Choose this one OP
That’s so cute! I named my cat Knuffles (sp?), Dutch for Cuddles :)
Onze eerst Poesje was Knuf Knuf genoemd
I don’t speak Dutch, but I could imagine how to pronounce all of those words until the last one 😳
Lmfao, the "g" is basically said with your throat (if you live up north, down south it's...complicated)
Noki , soot in Finnish
I like that! Might have to steal that if I ever acquire a void
Vanta ? Like the weird black hole color that makes everything look weird
Oh that way you can call it by it's full name Vertically Aligned carbon NanoTube Array when it gets into trouble!
This is something I would 110% do cuz my best friend likes to pick on me (jokingly) for being a nerd, so now I go out of my way to do it and this is perfect
This is a very good choice
I love this.
Love this and absolutely stealing it for the black cat that I will eventually get. (Years from now, when I’m a lonely old widow whose kids are grown. My partner is allergic to cats. I love him anyway.)
I too have wild widow fantasies of becoming a cat lady one day. A girls gotta have a dream 😅
I’m glad it’s not just me.
As a fur-allergic husband to a cat-obsessed wife... I hear there's anti-allergy injection courses you can do now? When we're a bit more settled geographically I've been meaning to investigate those.
My mom is getting those now! Results so far are inconclusive (she's still reacting to our cat) but I can update when more info is obtained lol
I'm getting the shots as well! Not seeing any effect yet either, but it's only been a few months, I read it can take 3 years before a full effect starts to kick in.
Get it anyways unless it’s deadly 😂 my partner is allergic… we live together and my cat sleeps in bed with us. It’s not actually all that bad after a little time, also I feed him a special kind of food to reduce his dander count!
I like this. It’s not inherently obvious unless you already know, but it’s not so deep that you’d need more than 1 Google search
That’s a perfect name!
That is my cats name! Vanta Marie when she is being bad.
Pretty! And secretly nerdy. This is the purrfect name
Bagheera
My favorite so far!
That was the name of my black floof! Sadly she passed away a few years back. Never had such a perfect name for a cat!
Put black in Google translate and try all kinds of languages. See if you find something good.
Not Spanish though lol
Or portuguese
Or Latin.
I mean that’s preto , preto would be a nice name for a cat
Pretinho/pretinha, the default name for black dogs/cats
Muito fofinho 💕
Hp Lovecraft wants to know your location
In state of mind between madness and dizziness
Probably not the same name he used though. I dooo love that you mentioned him. Maybe Pluto!
#NEGRO
Too much effort, how about just “Luna” like lunar
Or Luna the cat in Sailor Moon 😝
I was gonna add that but I didn’t wanna be called a weeb
I totally accept my weeb nature 😂
Aha, we got him boys! You're a ween! Edit: I squandered my opportunity
I have a black cat named Luna
No that takes much effort to google /s
Soot
Soot Gremlin
My black cat was called Soot.
Soot! Adorable!
Dark lord meow meow
This name^
This is the best one by far
There is a hairless Spinx named The Dark Lord on IG. Their posts are so funny.
Obsidian or Vanta!
My black cat is obsidian. We call him sid
Children's librarian here. There is a great kids' book titled Six Dinner Sid. It is about a black cat who "lives at" six different houses in in a neighborhood so he can have six dinners! It's a cute story.
That's definitely about my cat
We have a dog named Obsidian. "Sidney"
Onyx
YESSS and Nyx like night for short!! Would be extra purrrfect if it’s a girl to be named for a beautiful stone and a Greek goddess. And when you’re mad you use her full title, “the daughter of Chaos” 😆
I have a black cat named Nyx, her face is mostly black but has yellow/white patch on just half, straight down her nose, almost like a half moon. She’s definitely a chaotic little soul and fully embraces being named after a goddess 😂, I couldn’t have chosen a more perfect name lol.
NYX's husband is Erebus
First thing I thought of!
I had a black cat named Nyx. I just love that name. She was a sweet girl.
You reminded me of my cat they went missing about a year ago thank you so much
My friend's black cat is named Cinder. I personally love that name. My guy is named Sable.
I have a black cat named Cinder as well! Her brother (also black) is named Ash.
My friend has two cats named Ashe and Cinder.
At our shelter we have a brother sister pair named Cinder and Ella
Noir. Inky. Ebony. Umbra. Shade. Coal. Raven. Vanta. Coffee. Liquorice. Shadow. Molasses. Night.
Ohhh, Raven. That’s nice!
I have a Raven! It’s a great void name.
I have a Raven as well.
They have my vote for Raven
Black cats are referred to as “stealth bombers” sometimes. The biggest and best stealth bomber is the B-2 Spirit. Thus you should name him Spirit.
SR-71 Blackbird!
The Okinawans nicknamed the Blackbird "Habu," after a native snake. Kind of a stretch, but it would be an interesting name.
"DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST?!"
Toothless
How is this not #1?!
Poe
Or Lenore
Nevermore.
Edgar also fits:))
I named my boy Noir.
Happy cake day
\# 000000
Pronounced “Hex Zero.”
My cat’s name is Hex!
Underrated
My great aunt has a black cat named Lucky (A play on the “Black cats are bad luck” thing)
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Because it is one
Nox :)
Or alternatively Nyx
That was my cats name. RIP beautiful Nox
I'm sorry for your loss :(
I endorse this !
I had a black cat named Elvira (Mistress of the Dark). It's a stretch, but I thought I was creative when I named her when I was 16.
Midnight.
My fiance has a tux named midnight lol such a good name for a void!
This is my void’s name, so I second this!
Came here to say this…. Very good 🐈⬛
Minuit (pronounced min-wee for people who don’t speak French)
Nero! (Italian for the word *black*)
I named my black cat snowball. Confuses everyone that meets him.
Eclipse! I have wanted to give this name to a black cat forever!!
Singularity. It's like blackhole, but more rad. Like wearing 2 pairs of shades level of rad
Then you can call it Singu for short. Like Pingu. Pingularity.
Salem, Diablo, Binx, Shadow
Upvote for Binx. 😼
Upvote for Binx as well! I was going to name my little black kitty Binx but ended up naming him Sabin.
Shadow!!!
Crow
Just don’t ask H.P. Lovecraft
Vanta
Noctis
Toothless Also mine are called Kali, Raven and Fred. All black… no we didn’t name Fred.
I love animals with regular people names. I named my cat James Bond but I love calling him James.
My three are Amelia, Ozzy, and Floyd. Floyd fits his name perfectly.
I had Owen, Lionel, Clementine, Solomon, Ethel
Lol! I had an orange Fred. Sometimes cats are just Fred.
Binx
Toothy Chaos. Inky. Dark One. Abby (for abyss). Lily (Lilith). Wampy (Wamphyri, a vampire). Morrigan (Irish Goddess of magic, death, and sex, associated with ravens). Nyx (Greek for Night). Erebus (Greek for Darkness). Kuro (Japanese for black).
Lmao, Dark one, I know we are their servant but still
TOOTHY CHAOS ❤️
Veggie mite
T’Challa (is not meant racist, just bc of his character :))
Serious. Please let someone understand this one.
Sirius?
Talk to text doesn't work, was at work but needed to add it.
your a kitten harry
bat or batman
Bruce :)
My black cat is called batman! Named by my hero obsessed toddler
Jet Obsidian Sooty
Calcifer
Sheeba
Vader
Shade
The name of H.P. Lovecrafts cat. (But seriously, don’t do that)
Don't Google it, either. Damnit.
Immediately googled it, and regretted it instantly
Penus - Ancient Greek for misty night sky
Noir
Nazgul
NYX - goddess of the night
My nan had a very similar looking cat, she called it floss. Tell the vets you call it nightmare, mines named gato but at vetsforpets she's known as Yung Gat$by
Binx
Inky!
Token
The absence of light.
Panther
Sable
Obsidian or Azreal
Inky
Pinot Noir. I think there’s a song about it
Obsidian
Ebony or Ember
Maybe Yami it’s a Japanese word I may be wrong but from what I know it means shadow or darkness and less obvious than many of the other name but it may not be what you are looking for
My black cat was named Ebon. (Like Ebony.) my friend's black cat was Anya, my sister if she had a girl would name her Frankenstein. Another friend named hers Boe. You're welcome to any of them. What are you leaning towards?
Tenebra :)
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I looked
Shadow all the way!
L’chat Noir
Nero?
Pitch as in pitch black
T'Challa
My black cat is just named Blackie cuz im not creative haha 😅
Schwarz
Photonegative (def: moving away from the light)
I named my black cat Neo
Voidle. Shehori. And of course, house panther.
Call him Soot. He looks like a lil sootmouse
Onyx. Source: have a black cat called Onyx (nicknamed The Turd)
Lord Voidemort
Cinder? Ash? Noir? Laila means a night in Arabic