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A furry is a person with an interest in anthropomorphic (human-like) animals. This interest can range from an innocuous hobby to a full-blown fetish.

No matter how one looks at them, to say that they aren't a little bizarre is quite a stretch. But to each their own, I guess.

To properly explain what a furry is having to explain the fetish aspect of it. To put it bluntly: Ever see Disney's Robin Hood? You know, the one with the animals that act and sort of look like people. Well, imagine people pretending, mainly through online role-play, to look like that. Then imagine a large amount of these people using their personas (called fursonas in the furry subculture) to role-play sex. Then imagine another group of people within this taking the role-play out of the chatrooms and into the real world, by making full-sized animal costumes, called a Fursuit, that look oddly reminiscent to what a baseball mascot costume would. And finally, imagine the fursuiters now having sex with each other while roleplaying their animal fursonas. Don't forget to imagine the animal sounds and animal characteristics during this. This sexual act is called yiffing. And that, dear reader, that is the furry fandom.

Before going any further, it is important to note that not all furries participate in the sexually aspect of this fandom. Just the vast majority of them. And neither do they all go fursuiting. Really, only a few do since these costumes are costly and time consuming, but a good amount would want to go fursuitting. Further more, only a small percentage actually have sex in these costumes, since that is considered taboo as well in the furry fandom. Most tend to keep the porn confined to just the internet. Also, barely any furry advocates bestiality. They are depraved, but not that depraved.

Typically, furries like to engage in forms of art or other creative media to share images and ideas of their "fursona" and such. Logically, they have seen the Internet as a means to share these original creations. Much to the ire of the Internet, and more specifically /b/. In fact, fur-porn would earn many a few b-tards a hit from the banhammer during the reign of infamous mod W.T. Snacks. Several sites, such as FurAffinity, began to sprout to cater solely to the furry demographic to share their art and smut.

Due to the insulated nature of the furry fandom, a good amount of furries having duel-fetishes have popped up. Ranging from Furries having poop fetishes, to pee fetishes, to macro and micro fetishes, to the pedophilic, and to even babyfurs (furries who roleplay animals in diapers who still wet themselves). As such, it is not uncommon for non-furry viewers to have their childhoods ruined by furry art. Mainly because many of the shows and movies you watched as a kid had anthropomorphic animals in them. And since the furry fandom consists largely as socially maladjusted, sexually repressed, and lonely people... Well... they like to draw your childhood icons "yiffing" in their particular brand of bizarre fetish.

Along with this maladjustment and this insulation, the Furries can be quite the drama magnets. Screaming "Fursecution!"(furry for persecution) at being trolled, their particular fetish being "marginalized", someone closing their account, or anything really. This drama has gotten better over the years as more and more level-headed people keep getting involved with the fandom.

Common usage

Used to describe those who are into the furry fandom, or those who tend to be into some form of bestiality.

Example Sentences

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Hot	Oh god how did this get here I am not good with computers	Oh god how did this get here I am not good with computers	Uhh...
Uhh...	GET	GET	Which one are you?
Which one are you?	John Kricfalusi's depiction of a furry convention.	John Kricfalusi's depiction of a furry convention.	REAL furry creatures do a "take that" on the hyoomans who are playing pretend
REAL furry creatures do a "take that" on the hyoomans who are playing pretend	The furry way to walk a dog	The furry way to walk a dog	Some people have calendars of beautiful women in bikinis, or hunky men in speedos. Furries prefer hunky anthro foxes in speedos (pic by John Kricfalusi)
Some people have calendars of beautiful women in bikinis, or hunky men in speedos. Furries prefer hunky anthro foxes in speedos (pic by John Kricfalusi)	Fursuits at Anthrocon 2007	Fursuits at Anthrocon 2007	One furry version of the Awesome face.
One furry version of the Awesome face.	FGSFDS	FGSFDS	Insanity Wolf wants a furry smoothie. After all a wolf is a carnivore...
Insanity Wolf wants a furry smoothie. After all a wolf is a carnivore...	A fox's reaction to a furry's solution to life	An example of a fursuit	An example of a fursuit
PETA is pro-furry.	PETA is pro-furry.	A male furry	A male furry
The early stage of a furry	The early stage of a furry	Hot

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Related Pages

Anthrocon

Furaffinity

Furry art

Fursona

Online Roleplaying

Pamperchu

Sonmanic

WikiFur

Wolfee Darkfang

Yiff

Anthrocon

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