Citations:cataholic

Noun: "(informal) one who is extremely fond of cats"

 * 1992, Stella Whitelaw, The Cat Who Wasn't There, Signet (1992), ISBN 9780451172556, page 152:
 * But since we were a group of cataholics, everyone longed to win him. He's a beauty . . . see the pointed ears? A very good standard. And the little brick-red leather nose; another good point.
 * 1993, Bruce Fogle, 101 Questions Your Cat Would Ask Its Vet If Your Cat Could Talk, Castle Books (1993), ISBN 9780785804390, page 78:
 * This means that if a cat is independent and secure where she lives, and the people moving into her home are cataholics, willing to care for a non-paying guest, then there is no cat reason why she should not stay where she is.
 * 2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), ISBN 9780740710261, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):
 * Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.
 * 2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing (2007), ISBN 9780756626433, page 6:
 * Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.
 * 2007, Debra White Smith, Heather, Harvest House Publishers (2007), ISBN 9780736919296, page 250:
 * “Maybe I need to send you to House Cats Anonymous,” he teased. “Hello, my name is Jake and I'm a cataholic. I can't stop eating them alive.”
 * 2011, John Schroeder, Cozy Cats Cottage Plc, Matador (2011), ISBN 9781848767225, page 114:
 * The cats had certainly stolen her thunder, but inwardly she was genuinely pleased for them, after all they weren't to know there were so many  cataholics about!
 * 2012, Richard J. Atkinson, Animal Pursuits: A Frivolous Frolic Through the Puntastic Province of Animals, Trafford Publishing (2012), ISBN 9781466958302, page 84:
 * What do you expect? She's a  cataholic.