because I fixate on weird things...

[falcongrrl]

From where does the phrase originate, X Y is Y (when x is an adjective and y is a noun)? I seem to recall seeing it with cats a lot, but it can be anything. "Lonely cat is lonely," for a rather terrible example. How did it start? Is this another LOLcat thing?

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[sebkha.livejournal.com]

I think the original is long cat is long, and would've been inspired by the original photo (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/patscads/longcat.jpg).

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Wow. (Long cat *is* long. :-D)

Thank you! That was driving me crazy.

Way back in the mists of ancient LOL

[ineffabelle]

Yeah it started with longcat, and then the next one to pop up was:
http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/270907174_8684c20b94.jpg

Re: Way back in the mists of ancient LOL

[tracerj.livejournal.com]

I thought it was "strong cat is strong".

Re: Way back in the mists of ancient LOL

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Jessie, where's the link? You're going to make me google for strong cat? :-D

Re: Way back in the mists of ancient LOL

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

For the morbidly curious and lazy like me: http://www.roflposters.com/Browse.aspx?id=538521

You're welcome. :-)

Re: Way back in the mists of ancient LOL

[ineffabelle]

hm. You might be right. I'm not sure how to reliably know which came first.