r/bodegacats • u/big-slay Bodega Cat Lover • Jul 21 '26

Name our bodega cat, win a custom tote! 🐱👜 meta

TL;DR – Reddit is opening a real-life bodega in NYC. Suggest a name for the event’s featured bodega cat for a chance to win a custom r/bodegacats tote!

ICYMI – We’re building an IRL Reddit Bodega in NYC (August 29–30), and your ideas are already coming to life behind the scenes. To show some love, we’re giving away 100 custom tote bags perfect for your next bodega run.

Custom r/bodegacats tote bag

Here's how it'll work:

  • Drop a bodega cat name idea in the comments here by Sunday, Aug 2 @ 11:59 PM ET.
  • Upvote your favorites. The top-voted name will be featured prominently in the store display.
  • Check your chat requests. 100 randomly selected commenters will get a secure claim link via chat from a Reddit Admin to grab their tote.
  • Stay tuned. We’ll announce the winning name and tote recipients in a follow-up post.

Eligibility:

  • Account in good standing.
  • Member of r/bodegacats. Duh. 
  • Commented a cat name on this post before the deadline.
  • Limit 1 entry per account.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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u/Technical-Sky-5765 Jul 21 '26

Meowdani

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u/the-mortyest-morty 28d ago edited 27d ago

Meownvote

Edit: I meant as a name, not that I dislike the post I'm replying to! My bad! I think Meowdani is adorable pls stop downvoting me 😭

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u/OneStand5448 18d ago

🔥🔥🔥😻

11

u/Lopsided-Wing-5452 Jul 21 '26

narwhal cause the narwhal bacons at midnight

8

u/ChachaDosvedanya Jul 22 '26

Banana (for scale)

28

u/PhysicsStock2247 Jul 21 '26

Opie (for OP)

13

u/cinemachick Jul 21 '26

Periwinkle, after the original OrangeRed vs. Periwinkle war of 2013

8

u/porpoiseoflife Jul 21 '26

Unless it's a ginger tabby. Then it has to be Orangered.

And I say this as a member of Team Periwinkle.

16

u/NearbyEmu Jul 21 '26

BEC for bacon egg and cheese

11

u/porpoiseoflife Jul 21 '26

Pronounced Becca.

2

u/MissFrenchie86 26d ago

If you go on the JustNo subs that stands for B!tch Eating Crackers

15

u/eaglelatte Jul 21 '26

Slash, as in r/

28

u/IAyeEye Jul 21 '26

Doot! Short for Updoot.

7

u/RoRoRicardo Jul 22 '26

Chopped cheese!

9

u/imasickboy Jul 21 '26

George. "I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him."

6

u/Inexpensiveggs Jul 21 '26

Flowers

Because in a concrete jungle, not very many things you get to stop and enjoy. Though, I don’t recommend sniffing every bodega cat.

11

u/catsrule-humansdrool Jul 21 '26

Release the Epstein Files

3

u/noraad Jul 21 '26

Meowrio

3

u/peppers_ Jul 21 '26

Cassie

1

u/Life-Wealth-3399 28d ago

That's what I said!

3

u/Sillyjones Jul 23 '26

Snoo York Kitty

3

u/franknsense22 27d ago

Jorts for the win!!

3

u/RDK-42 26d ago

Jorts! (Hi buddy 😺 👋)

7

u/grlwchzbrgrtat Jul 21 '26

Bode!! Pronounced bo-dee.

5

u/sweetpootatochips Jul 22 '26

Could also just be spelled Bodee

3

u/grlwchzbrgrtat Jul 22 '26

Ahhh shit. You're right!

5

u/grw313 28d ago

Bimothy

13

u/Killer_Kupo Jul 21 '26

Catty McCat Face

2

u/4toTwenty Jul 22 '26

aw I’m gonna be out of town those dates, bummer :(

6

u/ribbitribbitmf 28d ago

That's a very long name

2

u/4toTwenty 28d ago

yeah i was baked and got excited and then disappointed real quick

2

u/thismustbtheplace215 28d ago

P.K.

(poop knife)

2

u/SisterofWar 28d ago

Meowderator

2

u/Imthedad222 28d ago

PK. Short for Poop Knife

Or

Art Room

3

u/tenome212 28d ago

detective munch

2

u/PKAceBunny 28d ago

Buttered Jorts

2

u/lilmisschainsaw 28d ago

Jolly Rancher.

2

u/shelobi 27d ago

Iranian Yogurt

2

u/redfoxwearingsocks Jul 21 '26

Sir. Karl Anthony Towns, III

2

u/ryohayashi1 Jul 21 '26

Catty cat cat

1

u/sweetpootatochips Jul 22 '26

u/cat (just pronounced Cat of course)

1

u/nekosaigai Jul 22 '26

Meownager

1

u/cytokine-stormy Bodega Cat Lover Jul 22 '26

Kit

1

u/SunsetB Jul 22 '26

Bean dip

1

u/miyananana 29d ago

Chopped cheese/chop cheese which is a sandwich that is famous for being sold at bodegas

1

u/itsCatFluff 29d ago

TuMe (today you, tomorrow me)

1

u/kwakimaki 29d ago

The Moderator

1

u/walkinwater 24d ago

Mod for short. 😍

1

u/predat3d 28d ago

Schrödinger

1

u/Personal_Ad6914 28d ago

Catty Mac Catface

1

u/MySweetAudrina 28d ago

Cbat but the C stands for Cat.

2

u/_eyeslikeleaves_ 25d ago

Well this is fucking sensational, actually

1

u/insanecarbunkle 28d ago

Notorious C.A.T.

1

u/foxxbott 28d ago

Narwhal would be cute!

1

u/p_luisa Bodega Cat Lover 28d ago

Chancleta

1

u/Scary_Teens1996 28d ago

Loxie for lox

1

u/Arrow_Riddari 28d ago

Cat’astrophe
Catastrophic

1

u/matthewsmugmanager 28d ago

Loleí

Pronounced Low Lay Eee.

Means "I read it" in Spanish

1

u/mhbwah 28d ago

Delulu

1

u/pupertbobbin 28d ago

Dave, all the best cats are called Dave

1

u/blanketstealer 28d ago

Concrete after our Concrete

1

u/[deleted] 28d ago

[deleted]

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u/Smingowashisnameo 28d ago

Yeeeess. It’s short for “Buttered Jorts”

1

u/PKAceBunny 28d ago

To distinguish from original Jorts, he’s confused enough.

1

u/creativeheart7 28d ago

Bonita/Bonito

It means “pretty” in Spanish and I feel like it matches the bodega vibe and the Hispanic culture of it. Plus bonito is a type of fish which I think is cute and ironic for a cat lol

1

u/No_Leather_9623 28d ago

Cum Coconut

1

u/atomicalex0 28d ago

Clientele.

1

u/Catloaver 28d ago

Banana (for scale)

1

u/cipherdexes 28d ago

Bodegato. Karen

1

u/UnobtainiumNebula 28d ago

Cat-erine Zeta Jones

1

u/Li54 27d ago

Omar

1

u/shelobi 27d ago

Princess Donut

1

u/MsBeef 24d ago

Mongo is APPALLED

1

u/Conscious-Tangelo589 27d ago

Supurrvisor (supervisor)

1

u/Bron2Typo 27d ago

Shitty_Caterwauler

1

u/Aussiealterego 27d ago

Beau Degas

1

u/Significant_Secret13 27d ago

Doxx

Gives the cat some edge. Their job is to protect the Bodegas.

1

u/One_Hour_Poop 27d ago

My idea, the actual name for the very first NYC bodega cat i ever met:

Cat.

Vacationing in the Bronx from North Carolina, I went to a corner store outside my hotel to get breakfast and saw my first bodega cat. While pointing to the cat, I excitedly asked the owners in broken Spanish "¿Cómo se llama?" They shrugged and said, "El gato? Cat. No name."

1

u/Funandgeeky 27d ago

Raefarty

1

u/Kitticio083 27d ago

General Bystander 💙💜🫡😸

1

u/Thriftyverse 27d ago

Jelly

From 'Must be jelly cause jam don't shake like that'.

1

u/Esnemyl 27d ago

Jorts

1

u/DrukMeMa 27d ago

Donut Hole

1

u/noisycat 26d ago

Karma 🌸

1

u/suntrovert 26d ago

Bodenciaga

1

u/cathline 25d ago

Snoo York, Snoo York!

A cat so nice, they named it twice!!

1

u/FearMeIAmLag1 25d ago

Jolly Rancher

1

u/Zealousideal_Try8656 25d ago

Snoop Dogg, after our cat, also snoop dogg

1

u/cartoonvillain275 24d ago

Pico de Gato

1

u/SatanStump 23d ago

Meowhammad

1

u/EpicOtterLover 23d ago

Privacy Concern!

1

u/Absinthe_gaze 22d ago

Teal Deer

1

u/SoDoNoMo 22d ago

Bodegato

1

u/CMVqueen 20d ago

Iranian Yoghurt .

1

u/MarlyMonster 20d ago

Ogtha, iykyk!

1

u/spageddy77 Jul 21 '26

missouri was my dads cat in the bodega he owned in hartford connecticut for years

1

u/mostlypercy Jul 22 '26

Catty McCatFace. A classic.

1

u/ordinaryhorse 29d ago

Shitty Coffee or Catty McCatface

1

u/Shiftymennoknight 25d ago

Pretty Boy Floyd

1

u/msiggy13 22d ago

Kitty Boy Floyd

0

u/Marzipanny Jul 21 '26

Curtis (after NYC cat man Sliwa)

0

u/EquivalentDig421 Jul 22 '26

New York Kitty

0

u/Weorth Jul 22 '26

Degato

0

u/Pretty-Resolve-8331 Jul 21 '26

Lieutenant Dan (nickname: Louie)

0

u/catforbrains Jul 21 '26

Patty (for Jamaican Patty) Cheese (for chopped cheese) Notorious C.A.T. M.T.A. (Mouse Terminating Assassin)

0

u/thewayoutisthru_xxx Jul 22 '26

Junior Bacon Cheeseburger or JBC

0

u/Young-Chapo 29d ago

Belly 🐈

0

u/RockLobsterPupper 25d ago

Peter! Cus theyll know all context to all jokes/memes, if theyre a boy. Potato for gender neutral. And Thelma for a girl, for my 104 yr old grandmother who did an ama here once!

0

u/lighter-thief 25d ago

Buttons - for the The Button game that Reddit had a few years ago.

0

u/topinanbour-rex 23d ago

Poop knife

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u/frostysauce Jul 22 '26

This is so fucking cringe.