friend of Bluey

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

An allusion to the Australian animated preschool television series Bluey, widely viewed and enjoyed by age regressors. By analogy with euphemistic terms such as friend of Dorothy (“a homosexual man”) and friend of Bill W. (“a recovering alcoholic”).

Attested as early as 8 November 2021 by Twitter user @IcePup92 during a conversation on Telegram with Twitch streamer @Aesthetic_exe_ who sought a subtle way to signify being a babyfur. Popularised by an April 2024 tweet (see quotations).

Noun

friend of Bluey (plural friends of Bluey)

1. (ABDL slang, furry fandom slang, euphemistic, neologism) A little, babyfur or diaperfur; a person, especially a furry, who enjoys entering little space (“the state of mind one enters when they are comfortable engaging in ageplay”) or wearing diapers recreationally; an age regressor.
   • [2021 November 8, @IcePup92, Twitter‎^[1]:

     I'm talking with @Aesthetic_exe_ and they want art work for their twitch that's is a bit cubby but not so cubby that they know they wear diapers. I called them a friend of bluey.^[sic]]

   • [2024 April 3, @MonstterParade, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Referring to babyfurs as "Friends of Bluey" going forward
     
     "Is he...yknow..a friend of Bluey?"]

   • 2024 April 28, @fuckKevon, Twitter‎^[3]:

     They're friends of Bluey…

   • 2024 May 8, @Babyfur_Wavey, Twitter‎^[4]:

     Do you want to watch Bluey with me?
     We can be friends of Bluey together!

   • 2024 May 26, @BabyChe121, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Work said we're allowed to wear different shirts if they're blue so I figured why not be a friend of bluey^[sic] at work

   • 2024 June 1, @BraxyPupArt, Twitter‎^[6]:

     Just a guess, I think you might be a friend of Bluey :3

   • 2024 June 16, @Pacibunbun, Twitter‎^[7]:

     Shout out to all my fellow regressors and friends of bluey^[sic] that didn’t get to have a good dad and cope with watching bandit: me too

   • 2024 June 23, u/MuttTheDutchie, “Peek hat in the wild?”, in r/ABDL‎^[8], Reddit:

     I always wear my peek hat around. I know some friends of Bluey in Columbus, I'll pass this to them

   • 2024 July 1, @thunderpupshep, Twitter‎^[9]:

     At this point I'm just gonna assume everyone in the fandom is a friend of Bluey until proven otherwise.

   • 2024 July 6, @spacecrinks, Twitter‎^[10]:

     Yes, I WILL be padded for the AC fursuit parade and yes friends of Bluey SHOULD mention it to me.