cat sub
CommonAny Reddit community dedicated to cats or cat-adjacent content.
Casual Reddit shorthand. Someone might say 'the cat subs' to mean all of them collectively, or 'a cat sub' to mean any one of them.
Real-world examples3 examples
| # | Example | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | drop that on a cat sub, it'll hit 10k upvotes by morning. | The content is well-suited for Reddit cat communities and will perform well. | reddit, 2023 |
| 02 | there is a cat sub for literally every possible situation. illegally small cats. cats with eyebrows. all of them. | The speaker is noting the extremely niche diversity of cat subreddits. | tumblr, 2024 |
| 03 | warning: do not open a cat sub if you have work to do. | Cat subreddits are a time sink. | x, 2024 |
Use it when
- Referring to cat-focused Reddit communities generically.
- Recommending Reddit as a destination for cat content without naming a specific sub.
- Discussing the culture of Reddit cat communities.
Do not use it when
- You mean a specific subreddit and its name is known.Use “r/cats” instead.
- You are talking about cat communities outside Reddit.
Origin and context
Shorthand that developed naturally as Reddit cat communities multiplied. 'Sub' is standard Reddit shorthand for subreddit, and 'cat sub' simply combined it with the topic.
- First seen
- 2010s
- Confidence
- low
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https://slang.fyi/cat-subUpdated: 2026-08-29License: CC BY 4.0