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What is a "furry"?
I was called one the other day... I am unsure of what it is, but it sounded quite like an insult.
Oh, Honey...
You'll learn when you're older, bud.
fur·ry

noun/informal
1.
an enthusiast for animal characters with human characteristics, in particular a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar online.
"a growing community of furries"
Thank you. Though, that doesn't appear to be a bad thing as it was implied.

Is there something I am missing?
For that last time, we do not simply choose the form of our mask, it chooses us! I. Am. Not. A. "Furry."
-coughs- I think Akira might have left out just a bit...


"Other related definitions:
stereotype-furry:
Derogatory generalization of how many 'furry-haters' see the noun form of 'furries' as, usually portrayed as pitiful homosexual men who dress up as the animal they like or 'want to fuck' the most, and have sex with their animals. This is in fact not what 99% of 'furries' are like, however, being the most widely publicized, it is also the most widely criticized. "
That's-! Ugh... I.. I see now.

Thank you for helping me understand... I will not sit idly by the next time someone calls me that.
I agree! It's totally heartless. You aren't pitiful! are you totally aren't homos-

uh. You really aren't Pitiful! ^^"""
Joey what's a furry?
It's not furry, it's exotic cosplay
furries make me want to kill myself and to never return to the world again