furversion

English

Etymology

Blend of fur +‎ perversion.

Noun

furversion (countable and uncountable, plural furversions)

1. (furry fandom slang) Sexual interest in furry media and/or the furry subculture.
   • 1994 April 5, Lycan, “Re: Fox Addiction...”, in alt.fan.furry‎^[1] (Usenet):

     And _if_ furversion is a mental illness, would you want it to be cured? (Personaly,^[sic] I wouldn't, I'm having too much fun in my dreams...)

   • 1996 March 12, Marshall Anthony Woods (quoted by Timothy Fay), “KIMBA!!!”, in alt.fan.furry‎^[2] (Usenet):

     While poking through the discount videos rack at Wal-Mart, what should I find but 'Kimba the White Lion'! For you younger Furries, this was a series that played afternoons in the mid 60s. It's one of the things that led to my Furversion, or so I've always believed.

   • 1996 March 24, Lontra (quoted by D.M. Quozl Falk), “confessions of a furry toonophile”, in alt.fan.furry‎^[3] (Usenet):

     So, these are the confessions of a furry toonophile. Our furversion may be less graphic and spoogey than others', but vive le difference, non?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:furversion.

Related terms

• furvert