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furspeech en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of furry + speech.

Meanings

  1. (neologism, slang, uncommon, uncountable) Slang used by the furry subculture.
    • Furgot (verb): Slang alteration of the word, "forgot". This is an example of Furspeech (q.v.) 2000 October 7, Wanderer, “Furry dictionary-need contributions :-)”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
    • When you're a Newfur looking up meanings to furspeech 2015 September 18, CoonyoteCrook, Twitter:
    • Furspeech itself is a constructed language, meaning that its phonology, grammar and vocabulary were invented as works of fiction as opposed to emanating naturally. While this type of language isn't typically used throughout everyday life, it has become increasingly popular through different online communities — in this case, the furry fandom. 2021 July 23, Stella Kotik, “Furspeech: The 'purrfect' constructed language of furries”, in The Daily Californian, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021:
  2. (Internet, uncommon, uncountable) Uwu speech, sometimes associated with furries.