06 February 2015

Usurper

In Christchurch recently I slept the last couple of nights on a mattress on the floor. After I rose in the morning, the cat usurped the bed.

WordWeb defines 'usurp' thus: 'Take control of (without authority and possibly with force); take as one's right or possession'.

No force was involved in this case, but everything else fits perfectly.



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4 comments:

  1. Zhoen6 February 2015 at 14:39

    Insinuation, perhaps. As cats do.

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  2. Elephant's Child6 February 2015 at 16:25

    All too familiar.
    Though our cats have been known to employ their pointy bits in a forceful way...

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  3. Relatively Retiring6 February 2015 at 21:01

    You did well to keep the bed to yourself until morning.

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  4. pohanginapete6 February 2015 at 21:18

    So true, Zhoen.

    EC, I know what you mean. From experience.

    RR, I wouldn't have minded. Really. In that weather, though, one of us would have overheated and would have had to abandon the bed.

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