CAT PHRASE   -   MEANING
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 Miaow  -  Feed me.

 meeow  -  Pet me.

 mrooww  -  I love you.

 miioo-oo-oo  -  I am in love and must meet my betrothed outside
      beneath the hedge.  Don't wait up.

 mrow  -  I feel like making noise.

 rrrow-mawww  -  Please, the time is come to tidy the cat box.

 rrrow-miawww  -  I have remedied the cat box untidiness by shoveling
      the contents as far out of the box as was practical.

 miaowmiaow  -  Play with me.

 miaowmioaw  -  Have you noticed the shortage of available cat toys  
      in this room?

 mioawmioaw  -  Since I can find nothing better to play with, I shall
      see what happens when I sharpen my claws on this handy piece of
      furniture.

 raowwwww  -  I think I shall now spend time licking the most private
      parts of my anatomy.

 mrowwwww  -  (only heard in males)  I am now recalling, with sorrow,
      that some of my private parts did not return with me from that
      visit to the vet.

 roww-maww-roww  -  I am so glad to see that you have returned home
      with both arms full of groceries.  I will now rub myself against
      your legs and attempt to trip you as you walk towards the
      kitchen.

 mmeww  -  I believe I have heard a burglar.  If you would like to go
      and beat him senseless, I shall be happy to keep your spot in the
      bed warm.

 gakk-ak-ak  -  My digestive passages seem to have formed a hairball. 
      Wherever could this have come from?  I shall leave it here upon
      the carpeting.

 mow  -  Snuggling is a good idea.

 moww  -  Shedding is pretty good, too.

 mowww!  -  I was enjoying snuggling and shedding in the warm clean
      laundry until you removed me so unkindly.

 miaow! miaow!  -  I have discovered that, although one may be able to
      wedge his body through the gap behind the stove and into that
      little drawer filled with pots and pans, the reverse path is
      slightly more difficult to navigate.

 mraakk!  -  Oh, small bird!  Please come over here.

 ssssroww!  -  I believe that I have found a woodchuck.  I shall now
      act terribly brave.

 mmmmmmm  -  If I sit in the sunshine for another week or so, I think I
      shall be satisfied.