There’s plenty of strange or specific terminology within our fandom. For you to get around, we’ve compiled a list with the most common terms!
| Term | Meaning |
| Anthropomorphic | Mixing animal with human characteristics, like body shape, personality, the ability to ‘think’, logical reasoning etc. Think of cartoons like Bugs Bunny, or werewolfs etc. |
| Avian | A member of an avian/bird species. |
| Badge | A small, usually laminated piece of art featuring artwork of a furry’s character, accompanied by their name. Used to identity oneself. |
| Boop | The act of playfully touching each other’s nose. |
| Canine | Of or pertaining to a dog or dog-like qualities |
| Commission | To pay an artist to produce a piece of art. |
| Con | Short for ‘convention’. Usually a larger gathering to buy and sell artwork, participate in events and dances etc. |
| Digitigrade | Walking on the ball of the foot only, as opposed to plantigrade |
| Equine | Of or having to do with a horse or horse-like features |
| Featheries | Like furries, but of an avian species (see also: Avians) |
| Feral | The real life counterpart of an animal. |
| Floof | To fluff the fur of a creature so the fur poofs out, usually loaded with electrostatic charge. |
| Freebie | A free piece of art that an artist made for someone |
| Fullsuit | A fursuit that completely covers the wearer. |
| Furmeets | A gathering of furries. |
| Furry | General term for a anthropomorphic media and it’s fans. Might also describe a character with fur. |
| Fursona | The character representing a furry’s self. |
| Fursuit | A mascot-like costume based on a character. |
| Fursuiter | A person wearing a fursuit. |
| Fuzzball, floofball | Adjectives for furry. |
| Hoofer | A member of a hoofed species. |
| Ink | An uncolored piece of art |
| Lupine | A wolf or wolf-like creature. |
| Meep | A short and high pitches sound, usually made by smaller creatures. |
| Murrsuit | A fursuit made for the purpose of engaging in sexual activities. |
| Nuzzling | Rubbing each others face together. |
| OC | Short for ‘original character’. Can be a ‘fursona’, but might also be just an arbitary character created for e.g. role-playing. |
| owo | Emoticon used in chat rooms similiar to o.o, but the ‘w’ is supposed to make it look more cute. Sometimes written as OwO or OWO. |
| Partial (partial suit) | A fursuit that normally lacks the main body part. |
| Plantigrade | Walking flat footed or on the ball and the heel only as opposed to digitigrade. |
| Plushie | Shorthand for plush toy. |
| Pounce | Playfully tackle someone. |
| Rawr! | An expression or general callout used by many furries to imitate the sound of a predatory animal. |
| Ref | Short for reference sheet. Used to give more information and a visual overview of a character. |
| Scaley | More specific than ‘furry’ – refers to a character with scales, such as a reptile. |
| Scritches | Scratching behind the ears/head. |
| Sergal | More recent popular furry specifes, shark-like headed (from the Vilous unisverse), fictional |
| Shep | German shepherd. |
| Snep | Snow leopard. |
| Sona | Shorthand for fursona. |
| Vulpine | Of or having to do with foxes. |
| Wololo | The act of assimilating someone into the fandom. |
| YCH | A type of commission where an artist draws a scene with a generic character and people bid to have their character replace the generic thing. Short for ‘Your Character Here’ |
| Yiff | Generally refers to any sexual act involving furries (or works depicting adult content). |
