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Furry vs Yiff - What's the difference?

furry | yiff |

In informal terms the difference between furry and yiff

is that furry is having both animal and human characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture while yiff is a bark.

As nouns the difference between furry and yiff

is that furry is an animal character with human characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture while yiff is a bark.

As an adjective furry

is covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

As an interjection yiff is

representing the bark of a fox (especially while mating).

As a verb yiff is

to bark (said of foxes).

As an acronym YIFF is

young, independent, freedom-minded few (compare yuppie.

furry

English

(wikipedia furry)

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
  • (informal) Having both animal and human characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture.

    • Noun

    (furries)
  • An animal character with human characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.
  • (slang) A member of the furry fandom or subculture; a furfan.
  • (slang) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a furry character.

    • Related terms

    * furdom * furfag * furfan * furrydom * fursecution

    Coordinate terms

    * (furry fandom senses) scalie, avian

    See also

    * kemonomimi * nahualism * anthropomorphism * zoomorphism

    yiff

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeic, apocryphal) Representing the bark of a fox (especially while mating).
  • (of a person, informal) To express happiness, to state that something is sexy.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (informal) A bark.
  • (slang, informal) The act of yiffing.
  • * '>citation
    • Of course the inverse is possible with all these possibilities, and you can be having a yiff with a partner in the room with you and be having a pleasant non-sexual conversation with another remote player through a page-conversation.
  • (slang, informal) Pornography of furries (fictional anthropomorphic animal characters).
    • Do you draw yiff ?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (apocryphal) To bark (said of foxes).
  • (intransitive, of a person, apocryphal) To bark like a fox (especially in a sexual way).
  • (transitive, and, intransitive, slang, informal) To have sex, to mate (said of animals, especially foxes).
  • * '>citation
    • Monsters snicker at me, succubi refuse to be seen with me, my dog tries to yiff my leg, shopkeepers say ‘No shirt, no shoes, no service’.
  • * '>citation
    • And even if foxes are allowed to yiff more than once, I’d still have to wait for the vixen to come into heat.
  • * '>citation
    • Well, i’ve witnessed male foxes queueing up to yiff one of my local vixens… repeatedly!
  • (transitive, and, intransitive, slang, informal) To propose cybersex.

    • Derived terms

    * yiffy * yiffer * yiffable

    References

    * "Yiff", A Furry Glossary * Definition of "yiff", Furtopia * LittleFox’s own explanation of the etymology of "Yiff", Everything2 , accessed on 2005-03-30 (bottom of page)

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