diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/Floof/scugcat.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/Floof/scugcat.ftl
index d930e769ebe..b935a73935f 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/Floof/scugcat.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/Floof/scugcat.ftl
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 ghost-role-information-scugcat-name = ScugCat
 ghost-role-information-scugcat-description = You're a scugcat! a very smart creature capable of many things!
-
-chat-speech-verb-wawa-1 = intones
-chat-speech-verb-wawa-2 = states
-chat-speech-verb-wawa-3 = declares
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/FloofStation/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/scugcat.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/FloofStation/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/scugcat.yml
index 21cd6357d49..844806f2084 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/FloofStation/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/scugcat.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/FloofStation/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/scugcat.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     - id: FoodMeat
       amount: 4 # Good eatin', though. You monster.
   - type: Speech
-    speechVerb: Wawa
     speechSounds: Wawa
   - type: TypingIndicator
     proto: moth
@@ -114,13 +113,6 @@
     Mutant: "#7824a0"
     Damned: "#98e652"
 
-- type: speechVerb
-  id: Wawa
-  speechVerbStrings:
-  - chat-speech-verb-wawa-1
-  - chat-speech-verb-wawa-2
-  - chat-speech-verb-wawa-3
-
 - type: speechSounds
   id: Wawa
   saySound:
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
index 4c9c945e415..08bfc1ab4a1 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Language/languages.yml
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
     messageWrapOverrides:
       Speak: chat-sign-language-message-wrap
       Whisper: chat-sign-language-whisper-wrap
-    speechVerbOverrides:
+    chatTypeOverride: Emote
     - chat-speech-verb-sign-1
     - chat-speech-verb-sign-2
     - chat-speech-verb-sign-3