tortie

Even though the term tortie refers to a coat coloring and not a particular breed of cat, there seems to be a general belief in the cat community that most torties share a common personality, fondly referred to as "tortitude," also known as "naughty kitty."

Knox 2009

Among other things, being a "tortie" all but guarantees that Sasha is female -- male torties, mosaics in the genetic as well as casual sense, have the feline equivalent of Klinefelter's syndrome -- and that her tortoiseshell coat can't be duplicated through cloning.

Archive 2006-07-01 2006

Female tortie the same age watches over the husband and I.

If Wishes Were Pussycats | Her Bad Mother 2009

Ai wunder if da red patchez awn da tortie kittehs tayst lyke cinnymuns?

Free kitteh wif every box* - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

“Wiv wyld, green or blak/whyt/tortie/oranje hairy-lip kit!”

CHEAP DISHWASHER - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

Tim: If you need to use a male cat that has calico-like markings, you can make him a tortie. g/a

Transcript: Writing and Selling Short Works « Coyote Con 2010

Much to my utter horror, I looked down and saw she had a 5 week old blue tortie kitten IN A PLASTIC GROCERY BAG.

Video: Adopted Brothers - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

Olive had a litter of four: Sweet Pea, also a tortie, who stayed with my aunt; Jasmine, who went to one of their friends; a boy kitty, who went to another of their friends; and a beautiful, shiny black cat who came to us and earned the name Hollywood.

slayground: Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen Little Willow 2007

Two weeks earlier she had adopted a bedraggled stray, inches away from dying, and that cat—yet a third tortie—stayed in my childhood bedroom as well.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

Instead, our aristocratic tortie ignored the baby the way she ignored everyone else in the house.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009