catty-corner vs kitty-corner
Definitions
adjective
- slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Examples
His wife of twenty-two years is sitting catty-corner to him in a turquoise T-shirt with a tropical fish swimming across her chest; but her slim ankles are demurely crossed, the resting pose of one of those fifties starlets who swished around on-screen in full skirts, sheer hose, and kitten heels.
His folks bought them a house catty-corner from my mom's.
Our rooms were catty-corner to each other at the end of the hall.
Definitions
adjective
- slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Examples
But in front of an abandoned building kitty-corner from Johnnie's, ten young men in white T-shirts shift back and forth.
The house was kitty-corner from an elementary school.
I drove kitty-corner across the upper middle west, from L' Anse, Michigan, to Redfield, South Dakota.
