I have recently seen a lot of 'furry' words used around, be it in a positive or negative light. (Mainly people using the words or not, liking or not, anti-some of them) One of them specifically bugs me...

Scritch. I have heard on multiple occasions that this is considered to be a 'furry' word. That bothers me, as it was a part of my vernacular growing up. I can promise you I have no furries in my family outside of myself.

So this leads to an odd predicament: Why, if I were to not use furry language, would I be looked as a hypocritical for using a word I grew up with? When did this word become considered exclusively 'furry'? Scritch was always the term we used to describe scratching our pet's belly or back. It always has been. (Then again, he was out only real pet, and was with us for several years before running off with senility. That's another journal for when I get depressed, though.)

So, yes, to the point. Why is scritch considered a furry word? Is it simply because it's not in a common use dictionary, and this group claimed it? Is it because no one knew this was in any vocabulary previously? Am I the only person in the world to experience this phenomenon, specifically with this word?

Who knows. Just bothers me that a word I've used for 21-22 years is considered a word from a specific group.

With a grain of salt
- Greywords