Well, I have been called a PUTZ by an old girlfriend from the 70's. I saw her at the local Walmart several weeks ago -------- still wearing the winter coat with fur around the bottom and cuffs, and on the tops of her boots. And I am still wearing Dickies work pants and a flannel shirt.
I really don't know. Something deep in my subconscious, I guess. I toyed with felinophobe, pussyphobe, and catophobe, but thought the second might be a bit adventurous.
I know m'dear. I'm in the same place you are on this question. It is one of hardest ones I've ever asked and I can't answer it definitively my own self! Oy Vey! Thank you for your reply Harry and Happy Valentine's Day Tuesday to you! :)
I'm more of a yutz than a putz. If I can paraphrase Strephon (from Iolanthe) I'm normal down to the wrists but from the wrists down I'm a blithering idiot.
Mind you, I've got a few chess friends who think I'm a patzer so there's definitely some putz mixed in.