I Learned a New Term - "Moggie"

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I have cats, and so I write about them, and about cats in general, from time to time. Some of my readers from the UK would sometimes talk about their "moggies", and so I figured that was an affectionate slang term for cats. Just to be sure, I looked up the term, and I found that it doesn't just mean "cat", but a particularly type of cat--one that actually ISN'T a particular type. Okay, I know that's confusing. What I mean is that it indicates a cat that isn't a specific breed, like a Siamese or a Russian Blue, but one that's more of a "mutt"--in other words, what we in the US would call a DSH (domestic shorthair) or DLH (domestic longhair). It makes sense, since the term "moggie" is actually a derivation of the word "mongrel"! Here is a picture of my cats, who are not moggies, apparently. Spencer (fluffy grey and white) is an Angora, and Naomi (sleek black) is a Bombay, which is kind of like a black Burmese. They are sweet kids.