Until the late 15th century the word puppy referred to a woman's small dog,probably from the French word poupee meaning doll or toy likely because of the way the dog was handled. In the 1590s puppy took on the current meaning of young dog replacing the nearly obsolete word whelp. Before the word kitty meant a young cat kitty meant a young girl. The first recorded use of kitty referring to a young cat was in 1719 and once again probably from the French word kitoun or the Old French word chaton. Now we know how those cute words came about which brings me to what happens to cute phrases when they become obsolete,like rabbit ears? Is there an old phrase burial mound somewhere?
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