WeirdCat

WeirdCat is a popular emote featuring a close-up of an orange/ginger cat's face with wide eyes and a slightly awkward or uncomfortable expression. The emote conveys a sense of awkwardness, confusion, or a strange reaction to something happening in a stream. It's often used to express a mix of curiosity and discomfort, similar to how people might use 'WeirdChamp' but with a feline twist.

WeirdCat originated as a third-party emote on platforms like 7TV, BTTV (BetterTTV), or FFZ (FrankerFaceZ), which are browser extensions that allow Twitch viewers to use additional emotes beyond Twitch's official offerings. The emote features what appears to be a close-up photograph of a real cat's face. While the exact origin date isn't definitively known, it gained popularity around 2020-2021 as part of the trend of animal variants of popular emotes. The emote follows in the tradition of other 'Weird' format emotes like WeirdChamp.

WeirdCat is commonly used in Twitch chat in the following situations:

1. When something awkward or uncomfortable happens during a stream
2. When a streamer says something strange or makes an unusual statement
3. As a reaction to cringe-worthy moments
4. When viewers want to express confusion about what's happening
5. Sometimes used in a chain of cat emotes when cat-related content appears on stream
6. As a milder alternative to more negative reaction emotes when something is just slightly off