I've heard the phrase tossed about in conversation, but what exactly does it mean?
2007-03-26 10:01:36 · 6 answers · asked by Bellz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means you're really annoying, because cat's are annoying. Just kidding, but that's what it should mean.
cat's meow
–noun Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
Your jokes are truly the cat's meow!
2007-03-26 10:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a phrase from the 1920's and hardly heard anymore. It means "it's the fashionable thing" or "it's the 'in' thing".
2007-03-26 11:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantastic or Wonderful
Coined by American cartoonist Thomas a. Dorgan
2007-03-26 10:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by asyland 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best of the best.
2007-03-26 10:08:37 · answer #4 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means it's the bee's knees
2007-03-26 10:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by carmen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
really great--don't ask me why though!
2007-03-26 10:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋