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Subculture vs Furfag - What's the difference?

subculture | furfag |

As nouns the difference between subculture and furfag

is that subculture is a portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features while furfag is (derogatory|offensive|vulgar|slang) a member (esp a homosexual male) of the furry subculture.

As a verb subculture

is (biology) to transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture.

subculture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features.
    • The goth subculture has its own mode of dress, and it has a characteristic musical style.
  • * 1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , page 7.
    • Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture , in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
  • (biology) A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium

    • Verb

    (subcultur)
  • (biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture
  • * {{quote-book, 1990, Heidi F. Kaeppler et al., Silicon carbide fiber-mediated DNA delivery into plant cells, Plant Cell Reports citation
    • , passage=Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "subculture") ----

    furfag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory, offensive, vulgar, slang) A member (esp. a homosexual male) of the furry subculture.
  • * 2002 , "Michael Hirtes", Hirtes can't be living in his Mom's basement.'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.furry )
    • Well, there WAS that one lone snotwad who came up to my table and tried to make it sound like I did a bad, BAD thing by not publishing any nekkid guys in my zines, and that he was gonna punish me by not bying any of my stuff. Oh, how utterly crushed that made me. Why ever did I NOT publish loads and loads of buttburglar comix like ASB? Then I'd have more furfags dropping lots of "cash on my a$$".
  • * 2009 , "Chance Furlong", AAPL dropping like rock'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.mac.advocacy )
    • Dreaming again, furfag ?

    See also

    *furfan