newfur

English

Etymology

From new +‎ fur (“clipping of furry”, noun).

Noun

newfur (plural newfurs)

1. (furry fandom slang) A newer member of the furry subculture.

   Antonym: greymuzzle

   • 1997 August 2, Boss Hoss, “new fur, buried in up 2 his snoot in NG articles”, in alt.lifestyle.furry‎^[1] (Usenet):

     (waves at newfur..thinks a second and tries"tailwave"for the first time)wow!It worked!(G) Nice to finally see you here. I have been to your webpage before.My favorite was "Coonass"..;=P

   • 2002 February 6, josh, “HELLO ALL I'M A NEWFUR”, in alt.lifestyle.furry‎^[2], Google Groups:

     ello all i am a newfur to this group, little bit about me (i am being 2 self imposed)

   • 2010 December 19, CurlyFryTail, Twitter‎^[3]:

     That moment when you realize your newest follower is a newfur. And they followed *you*.

   • 2016 September 1, SorahitoArt, Twitter‎^[4]:

     Thank you :3 in its own way those words are very comforting to hear. Better it's because I'm a newfur artist than with the design

   • 2022 February 13, u/thebugbank, “haha hi newfur here 👋🏾 finally drew my first fursona after thinking about it for like a week. I've never really drawn furry art before so some tips/advice is welcome and appreciated :). I don't have a name for him yet but he's based of a honey badger”, in r/FurryArtSchool‎^[5], Reddit:

     [see title]