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Furry artist

2008-02-06T05:36:00Z

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A '''furry artist''' or '''anthro artist''' is a person who dreams of having sex with Snagglepus and Huckleberry Hound.

Furvert (term)

2008-02-06T05:30:10Z

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:''This article is about the term. There was also a [[FurryMUCK]] character called [[Furvert (FurryMUCK)|Furvert]].''
A '''furvert''', a [[Wikipedia:portmanteau|portmanteau]] of the words [[fur]] and [[Wikipedia:Pervert|pervert]], is a [[Furspeech]] term for someone who is a skunkfucker. Most furries are in fact furverts (skunkfuckers), despite constant denial of this fact.

The term was coined in the earliest days of [[furry fandom]]. Nowadays, the term is often used with humorous or ironic intent by [[furries]] themselves, but has much more negative connotations outside of the fandom.

== History ==

The earliest known regular usage of the term was in reference to the first open-membership furry [[amateur press association]] magazine, ''[[FurVersion]]'', which first published in May of 1987.

[[Karl Maurer]], the magazine's publisher, is credited with starting the ongoing practice of using puns involving the word "fur" to indicate Furry activities (e.g., a comic called ''[[Furrlough]]'', a convention called [[ConFurence]], and so on.)

== Alternate definition ==

The [[Furry Dictionary]] lists furvert as "One who enjoys skunkfucking", a definition provided by [[Barry Gold]] in October 2000.<ref name="dictionary">[http://www.cloudchasershaconage.furtopia.org/furrydef.txt Furry Dictionary] maintained by [[Cloudchaser Shaconage]]. Retrieved June 14, 2007.</ref>

==References==
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== See also ==

* [[Yiff]]
* [[Furgot]]

== External link s==

*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/af38284f30730553/a132ce0ee90c1f5d?lnk=st&q=furvert&rnum=520&hl=en#a132ce0ee90c1f5d First recorded internet post using the term on [[Usenet]]'s [[alt.fan.furry]] (1991)]

[[Category:Mature terms]]
[[Category:Derogatory terms]]
[[Category:Furspeech terms]]

Furry

2008-02-06T05:26:38Z

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The word '''furry''' has several meanings, dependent on the context in which it is used. Predominantly, it pertains to an interest in [[Anthropomorphic|anthropomorphic animals]] and/or mythological or imaginary creatures which possess [[human]] or superhuman capabilities. The plural form of furry in all its contexts is ''furs'' or ''furries''; the subjects of furry interest are also known as [[furries]].

== What it means to ''be'' furry ==
[[Image:Postsecret.jpg|thumb|275px|A postcard sent into [http://www.postsecret.com PostSecret] depicting a [[fur]]'s interest in becoming her [[fursona]].]]
Someone who says they are furry is generally expressing an interest in anthropomorphic animals and/or creatures.

Unfavorable attention from the media has created a negative stereotype of a furry. Contrary to how a Furry is portrayed in pop culture and mass media, how deep or meaningful an interest in Furry is varies greatly from person to person. Also, the breadth of a person's interest in the fandom, and what ultimately makes them furry, is specific to each individual. Below is a list of common interests with which a fur is likely to identify. A furry may be interested in any or all of them, to any degree.

Someone claiming to be furry would also be part of the [[furry fandom]].

== Furry's gamut of interests ==
==== Cartoons and games ====
Interest in anthropomorphic animals and/or creatures can be as simple as the many popular furry cartoon characters, known as [[funny animal]]s. These may include [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Tony the Tiger]], [[Sly Cooper]], [[Star Fox]], etc. However, someone who merely happens to like these characters is not necessarily a furry; the degree and nature of one's interest is relevant here.

==== Spirituality ====
Some furs believe they have a spiritual connection to a particular animal which is typically their [[fursona]], but also may be a [[totem]]. Strong spiritual believers may often say that they are "an animal in a human body" (and in fact may identify themselves as [[Otherkin]], [[Were]]s and/or [[Therian]]s). [[Lifestyler|Furry lifestylers]] often fall into this category.

==== Art and creativity ====
Some furs may be interested only in the creative aspects of the furry fandom. Furry content, both online and off, is easy to obtain, and available in vast amounts, and furs produce new works regularly. Furry artwork is also done by many nonfurries as well in targeting the fandom. Others may disassociate themselves from the fandom and refer to themselves as funny animal artists. Furries may also enjoy [[role-playing]] a particular furry character or fursona, sometimes writing about this character or recording their online interactions for posterity.

==== Fursuiting ====
A relatively ''un''common practice among furries is to dress up in a costume that is typically designed after a fursona.<ref>[[News:UC_Davis_posts_furry_survey_results|UC Davis Posts Furry Survey Results]]</ref> These "[[fursuits]]" are usually worn at [[conventions]], and a few are even designed to accommodate sexual situations.

==== Sexuality ====
To some furs, the sexual [[Xenophilia|attraction]] to anthropomorphic animals is a part of what makes them furry. This is a topic of much controversy, as it has been the subject of early media attention (such as that from [[Wired|Wired Magazine]] and [[Vanity Fair]]), leading to its becoming a common conception of furry community at large. This has spawned a few groups in response (such as the [[Burned Furs]]) with a desire to discourage this angle, or create a clear distinction between these furries and the rest of the community.

== Other contexts of Furry ==
From within the fandom, anything classified as an anthropomorphic animal and/or creature could be called a furry. That could be anything from [[Scooby Doo]] to various sports [[mascot]]s to [[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]. Since mainstream characters are generally not created with furries in mind, the furry context is presumed by most outsiders to not be present despite subcultural interest.

Any art showcasing anthropomorphic animals is generally considered furry artwork. Artwork that contains furries in sexual situations may be called [[yiff]] or [[spooge]] art.

==== Non-furry furries ====
Anthropomorphic creatures that are also considered to be furry (even with the lack of pelt or fur) include (but are not limited to): [[dragon]]s and [[lizard]]s (also known as [[scalies]] and [[herp]]s, respectively,) [[bird]]s and [[gryphon]]s (also known as [[featheries]] or '''[[avian]]s''',) and [[taur]]s ([[centaur]]s being the prime example.)

== See also ==
*[[Furries]]
*[[Furry fan]]
*[[Furry fandom]]
*[[Fursuit|Fursuiter]]
*[[Furry (IRC)|#furry]]
*[[Furvert]]
*[[Lifestyler]]
*[[wikipedia:Furry|Furry]] on [[Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Anthro Furry] on the SL History Wiki
*[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry Furry] (Фу́рри) on the Russian Wikipedia

== External links ==

* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/intro.html PeterCat's Furry InfoPage]
* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/furfaq.txt FAQ] for [[alt.fan.furry]]
* [http://www.loganberry.furtopia.org/essays/rabbitingon.html Rabbiting On - a personal view of furry]

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[[Category:Culture]]

[[cs:Furry]]
[[de:Furry]]
[[fr:Furry]]
[[fi:Turri]]

== Notes ==
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Anthrochat

2008-02-06T05:17:35Z

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[[Image:AClogo-new.jpg|right|300px|AnthroChat]]

'''AnthroChat''' is an [[IRC]] network which was founded by [[Simba (person)|Simba]] in March 2004. As of 1 February 2008 it has seven servers (five in the USA, one in the UK and one in Germany) and an average of about 380-400 connected users.

== History ==

''Portions of this section will probably be merged into a separate page detailing the FurNet/Anthrochat split.''

Simba founded Anthrochat in response to the differences of opinion between himself and the administration of [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]. In late 2003/early 2004, [[troll]]s, usually congregating in the channel #safurs, were dealt with by forcible disconnect. This quickly degenerated into a series of challenges to IRCop authority and subsequent network-wide bans of large swaths of users that were found objectionable by FurNet administration.

Simba, an IRCop of FurNet at the time, disagreed with this form of administration and argued for the right to freedom of speech on IRC.
FurNet's administrators did not agree, Simba was removed from duty as an IRCop. FurNet administration published the FurNet Code of Conduct<ref>[http://www.furnet.org/documentation/code-conduct-users.html FurNet Code Of Conduct]</ref> ("''My freedom starts where your liberty stops''").

Simba put out a call for volunteers to create a new, uncensored IRC network which became known as Anthrochat. Anthrochat's Mission Statement<ref>[http://www.cimeris.com/~simba/anthrochat/mission.txt Anthrochat Mission Statement]</ref> is essentially to be an unmoderated, uncensored medium where the IRCops' sole responsibility is to ensure the physical integrity of the network. Censorship, social mores, and personal tastes are relegated to the channel operators of individual channels, and no network-wide enforced decency standards or code of conduct exists. FurNet continues to enforce common decency standards, which some consider subjective to the views of the IRCops online making them at the time. To this day, feelings about the whole split are somewhat sore, and users typically identify with one network or the other, though some connect to both simultaneously.

Anthrochat presently runs a version of the [[WikiPedia:UnrealIRCD|UnrealIRCD]] server using [[Wikipedia:Anope|Anope]] services. The change in codebase from what Furnet was using was received so positively, particularly because of the vhost feature that allows users to request customized hostmasks, that Furnet itself has mimiced Anthrochat's lead by instituting the same IRC daemon and services package.

From the network's founding in 2004 until the end of 2006, Anthrochat's userbase remained at an average of approximately 250-300 connected users. Usage increased over the course of 2007, and in January 2008 there were an average of approximately 384 users connected.

==Examples of Chat==
<sexifoxi299494> i take your fluffy tail and lick it up and down with my fox tongue

<horsecat> uhhghhh

<sexifoxi299494> mm you like that you dirty horse cat. i'll tug your tail a little bit while i suck it

<sexifoxi299494> now i'm reaching around and cupping your balls and squeezing them

<horsecat> oh my not too hard, i don't want my monacle and tophat to fall off

<sexifoxi299494> don't worry baby i'm a gentle magic fox dragon

<horsecat> i am trying to look back at you but i am a horse and cannot see behind me

<sexifoxi299494> oh you LIKE to watch don't you, you dirty equine. you fucking love it you slag.

== Popular channels ==
* #[[Florida Furs|FloridaFurs]]
* [[Furry (IRC)|#furry]]
* #[[fursuit]]
* #[[deaddog!]]
* #[[lt3m]]
* #[[nonfurs]]
* #[[otters]]
* #[[furrycoffeeshop]]
* #[[baycafe]]
* #[[thepac]]
* #[[SpandexFurs]]

== Current staff ==
'''Administrators'''
* [[BlueOtter]]: runs otter.anthrochat.net
* [[Mirage]]: runs snowleopard.anthrochat.net
* [[Cheetah (FurryMUCK)|Cheetah]]: runs cheetah.anthrochat.net
* [[Pippin]]: runs husky.anthrochat.net
* [[Simba (person)|Simba]]: runs lion.anthrochat.net and codes services
* [[Inaki]]: runs glider.anthrochat.net and maintains the [http://www.anthrochat.net website]
* [[Foxdie]]: runs squirrel.anthrochat.net

'''Staff'''
* [[SoleiTixen]]: operator
* [[Harik]]: global operator and codes services

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://www.anthrochat.net Anthrochat IRC website]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/anthrochat/ Anthrochat IRC community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://bear.floof.org/usage-stats/ Local usage statistics]
* [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=AnthroChat Anthrochat statistics at irc.netsplit.de]

[[Category:Chat networks]]

Anthrochat

2008-02-06T05:16:50Z

24.166.102.135:

[[Image:AClogo-new.jpg|right|300px|AnthroChat]]

'''AnthroChat''' is an [[IRC]] network which was founded by [[Simba (person)|Simba]] in March 2004. As of 1 February 2008 it has seven servers (five in the USA, one in the UK and one in Germany) and an average of about 380-400 connected users.

== History ==

''Portions of this section will probably be merged into a separate page detailing the FurNet/Anthrochat split.''

Simba founded Anthrochat in response to the differences of opinion between himself and the administration of [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]. In late 2003/early 2004, [[troll]]s, usually congregating in the channel #safurs, were dealt with by forcible disconnect. This quickly degenerated into a series of challenges to IRCop authority and subsequent network-wide bans of large swaths of users that were found objectionable by FurNet administration.

Simba, an IRCop of FurNet at the time, disagreed with this form of administration and argued for the right to freedom of speech on IRC. FurNet's administrators did not agree, Simba was removed from duty as an IRCop. FurNet administration published the FurNet Code of Conduct<ref>[http://www.furnet.org/documentation/code-conduct-users.html FurNet Code Of Conduct]</ref> ("''My freedom starts where your liberty stops''").

Simba put out a call for volunteers to create a new, uncensored IRC network which became known as Anthrochat. Anthrochat's Mission Statement<ref>[http://www.cimeris.com/~simba/anthrochat/mission.txt Anthrochat Mission Statement]</ref> is essentially to be an unmoderated, uncensored medium where the IRCops' sole responsibility is to ensure the physical integrity of the network. Censorship, social mores, and personal tastes are relegated to the channel operators of individual channels, and no network-wide enforced decency standards or code of conduct exists. FurNet continues to enforce common decency standards, which some consider subjective to the views of the IRCops online making them at the time. To this day, feelings about the whole split are somewhat sore, and users typically identify with one network or the other, though some connect to both simultaneously.

Anthrochat presently runs a version of the [[WikiPedia:UnrealIRCD|UnrealIRCD]] server using [[Wikipedia:Anope|Anope]] services. The change in codebase from what Furnet was using was received so positively, particularly because of the vhost feature that allows users to request customized hostmasks, that Furnet itself has mimiced Anthrochat's lead by instituting the same IRC daemon and services package.

From the network's founding in 2004 until the end of 2006, Anthrochat's userbase remained at an average of approximately 250-300 connected users. Usage increased over the course of 2007, and in January 2008 there were an average of approximately 384 users connected.

==Examples of Chat==
<sexifoxi299494> i take your fluffy tail and lick it up and down with my fox tongue
<horsecat> uhhghhh
<sexifoxi299494> mm you like that you dirty horse cat. i'll tug your tail a little bit while i suck it
<sexifoxi299494> now i'm reaching around and cupping your balls and squeezing them
<horsecat> oh my not too hard, i don't want my monacle and tophat to fall off
<sexifoxi299494> don't worry baby i'm a gentle magic fox dragon
<horsecat> i am trying to look back at you but i am a horse and cannot see behind me
<sexifoxi299494> oh you LIKE to watch don't you, you dirty equine. you fucking love it you slag.

== Popular channels ==
* #[[Florida Furs|FloridaFurs]]
* [[Furry (IRC)|#furry]]
* #[[fursuit]]
* #[[deaddog!]]
* #[[lt3m]]
* #[[nonfurs]]
* #[[otters]]
* #[[furrycoffeeshop]]
* #[[baycafe]]
* #[[thepac]]
* #[[SpandexFurs]]

== Current staff ==
'''Administrators'''
* [[BlueOtter]]: runs otter.anthrochat.net
* [[Mirage]]: runs snowleopard.anthrochat.net
* [[Cheetah (FurryMUCK)|Cheetah]]: runs cheetah.anthrochat.net
* [[Pippin]]: runs husky.anthrochat.net
* [[Simba (person)|Simba]]: runs lion.anthrochat.net and codes services
* [[Inaki]]: runs glider.anthrochat.net and maintains the [http://www.anthrochat.net website]
* [[Foxdie]]: runs squirrel.anthrochat.net

'''Staff'''
* [[SoleiTixen]]: operator
* [[Harik]]: global operator and codes services

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://www.anthrochat.net Anthrochat IRC website]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/anthrochat/ Anthrochat IRC community] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://bear.floof.org/usage-stats/ Local usage statistics]
* [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=AnthroChat Anthrochat statistics at irc.netsplit.de]

[[Category:Chat networks]]