furspeech

English

Etymology

Blend of furry +‎ speech.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

furspeech (uncountable)

1. (furry fandom, neologism, uncommon) Slang used by the furry subculture.
   • 2000 October 7, Wanderer, “Furry dictionary-need contributions :-)”, in alt.fan.furry‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Furgot (verb): Slang alteration of the word, "forgot". This is an example of Furspeech (q.v.)

   • 2015 September 18, CoonyoteCrook, Twitter‎^[2]:

     When you're a Newfur looking up meanings to furspeech

   • 2021 July 23, Stella Kotik, “Furspeech: The 'purrfect' constructed language of furries”, in The Daily Californian‎^[3], archived from the original on 2021-07-23:

     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.

2. (Internet slang, uncommon) Uwu speech, sometimes associated with furries.