Introducing #catjawns, Instagram Hashtags for Philly Cats

Want to show your neighborhood pride while taking a photo of your cat? Introducing #catjawns: More than 30 cat Philadelphia neighborhoods cat pun hashtags.

The problem: Lots of Philadelphia cats on Instagram, but no way to tell what neighborhood they live in. The solution: #catjawns.

A few years ago, a friend of mine who lives in Kensington posted a photo of her cats to Instagram. I tagged it '#kenzokats.' She picked up the idea, and she and another friend of mine use the #kenzokats hashtag. It's time to expand this project.

Here's how it works: When posting a photo of your cat to Instagram, please use the corresponding hashtag for your neighborhood (or one near it). Here's an example: The cat in the header image at the top of this post, Detective John Munch, lives in East Falls. Take a photo of her, and you'd tag the Instagram photo #eastpaws. Get it?

What follows is an exhaustive list of #catjawns hashtags.

Bella Vista: #bellawhiska Cedar Park: #cedarpurrk Center City: #centercitykitties East Falls: #eastpaws East Passyunk: #eastpussyunk Fairmount: #fairmeownt Fox Chase: #mousechase Germantown: #germeowtown Grays Ferry: #graysfurry Italian Market: #kitalianmarket Juniata: #mewniata Kensington/Fishtown: #kenzokats Kingsessing: #kittenssing Lexington Park: #lexingtonpurrk Manayunk: #meownyunk Mt. Airy: #meowntairy Newbold: #mewbold North Philly: #northkitty Northeast Philly: #northbeastphilly Oxford Circle: #oxfurcircle Pennsport: #pennspurrt Pennswood: #purrswood Pennypack: #purrypack Port Richmond: #purrrichmond Powelton Village: #meoweltonvillage Rittenhouse: #rittenmouser Roxborough: #roxpurrough Schuylkill: #schuylkitties South Philly: #southkitty Torresdale: #torrestail University City: #universitykitty West Philly: #westkitty Winchester Park: #winchesterpurrk

(I included #northkitty, #southkitty, and #westkitty - which are, admittedly, pretty lame - in case your neighborhood isn't mentioned. Sorry, there is a limit to how much time I can spend trying to come up with a 'Bridesburg' cat pun.)

So use them! Or don't - it doesn't matter! Either way, let me know if I missed any good (or cringe-worthy) cat puns. I think I got most of them, though.

Thanks to Jan Cohen for contributing hashtags, and the use of her cat as a model.

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