[arealconservativeforachange]

For the same reason this thread was started?

[JLS]

That is odd. The only reason I can see to put an * in the word pussycat is to let the coarser elements of society steal another word from the English language.

Here is the dictionary definition:

"puss-y-cat noun
1. a cat; pussy.
2. Informal. a person or thing not at all threatening: a pussycat underneath all his gruffness."

in case you thought the word meant something else. Sure it has a couple of slang meanings that are off color but the word itself is not off color.

Did you start the thread to allow the coarser elements of society to steal more words from us?