The verb pussyfoot, intending to wander softly or to speak in an evasive or careful way, may well originate from the adjective pussy-footed "possessing a cat-like foot", or directly from the noun pussyfoot.In November 2005 in Richmond, Virginia, Dwight Whorley was convicted under eighteen U.S.C. sec. 1466A for employing a Virginia Work Commission L