Hy00man

Hy00man (plural Hy00men),  also known as Hooman,  Hyoomin, Hyoomun, Hyuman, Hyuuman, HEW-man, and Hewmyn, is a double meaning English (US) based word, both friendly and derogatory, used by both furries and anti-furries to describe a Human being, real or fictional.

Meanings and colloquial usage
Among furries, the term can be used to:


 * Describe a person as being as such: "Tom is a Scalie, Jenny is a Were, and Richard is a Hy00man."
 * Describe a friendly mundane: "This is my Hy00man friend Jack, an artist." "I brought my Hy00man brother to the Furmeet."
 * Demean a mundane: "those uncaring Hy00men and their duck/wolf/deer hunts."
 * Insult a mundane: "Fucking Hy00man!, this a Furries-only party!."

Among critics, the term can be used to:


 * Describe themselves: "Oh, my. Furries are talking about us poor Hy00men in AFF."
 * Describe a "traitor": "why the @#$&* is that Hy00man drawing furry art?."
 * Describe the presence of a mundane character in a furry drawing: "There's a Hy00man in that furry comic!."
 * Demean a furry artist: "Ah!, she can't draw Hy00man to save her life!."