If one is being catty, they are being subtly or indirectly insulting. Different from bitchy in that <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bitchiness" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(19, 79, 230);">bitchiness</a> is just mean, while <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cattiness" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(19, 79, 230);">cattiness</a> is often clever and witty, and isn't ALWAYS completely mean (for example, a catty joke). Both males and females can be and are catty.