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#30:: History of the word "yiff"
17 years ago
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sokitwopaw , dunno who the original poster of this was. Thought it interesting, and would like to share it with you guys
When it comes down to it, all furries are in the fandom for is the yiff. To view yiffy porn and have yiffy role play on IM's and such. But what is yiff.
The most common answer would be that yiff is the furry terminology for anthropomorphic artwork, or virtual sexual acts between 2 or more net users, i.e cyber sex. Another answer is that yiff is the sound made when foxes mate, and that because there is a large grouping of fox characters in the fandom then it made sense for that sound to mean online furry sex.
But did you know that yiff actually means NEITHER of those. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in.
Back in 1990, when the net was still in its infancy there was no furry fandom as we know it. No cons, no FA or FAP, no furry MUCKS or furry IRC servers, not even a FurNation. Back then, furries had to meet in random locations to chat. Back then there was a user called Foxen who RP'd as a character called "littlefox". It was here that yiff came into meaning.
Ready for this...
Yiff means "hello".
Yes, the word that now means hardcore fetish involved furry sex once meant an energetic or happy hello. Yerf, which generally now means clean furry art, was a sad hello or yes. But at any rate, before 1990, yiff as a word did not exist. But then it came into formation and meant hello.
So I ask this one question; what in the name of Satan happened? How did a cute happy greeting get turned into a sexual reference? My only conclusion is that, being human and generally sexually developed, furries began churning out masses of furry porn and somehow yiff got dragged into this. This is only a guess but from what I've seen and experienced in the fandom probably quite true.
So, I am beginning a crusade. Post this article to your own journal and encourage others to do the same. It'll probably not work since, in the structure of the fandom, I'm less then a nobody, but maybe, just maybe it can cause a ripple or two and maybe then yiff can once again mean a happy hello and not a seedy sexual reference.
So... yiff everyone!
sokitwopaw , dunno who the original poster of this was. Thought it interesting, and would like to share it with you guysWhen it comes down to it, all furries are in the fandom for is the yiff. To view yiffy porn and have yiffy role play on IM's and such. But what is yiff.
The most common answer would be that yiff is the furry terminology for anthropomorphic artwork, or virtual sexual acts between 2 or more net users, i.e cyber sex. Another answer is that yiff is the sound made when foxes mate, and that because there is a large grouping of fox characters in the fandom then it made sense for that sound to mean online furry sex.
But did you know that yiff actually means NEITHER of those. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in.
Back in 1990, when the net was still in its infancy there was no furry fandom as we know it. No cons, no FA or FAP, no furry MUCKS or furry IRC servers, not even a FurNation. Back then, furries had to meet in random locations to chat. Back then there was a user called Foxen who RP'd as a character called "littlefox". It was here that yiff came into meaning.
Ready for this...
Yiff means "hello".
Yes, the word that now means hardcore fetish involved furry sex once meant an energetic or happy hello. Yerf, which generally now means clean furry art, was a sad hello or yes. But at any rate, before 1990, yiff as a word did not exist. But then it came into formation and meant hello.
So I ask this one question; what in the name of Satan happened? How did a cute happy greeting get turned into a sexual reference? My only conclusion is that, being human and generally sexually developed, furries began churning out masses of furry porn and somehow yiff got dragged into this. This is only a guess but from what I've seen and experienced in the fandom probably quite true.
So, I am beginning a crusade. Post this article to your own journal and encourage others to do the same. It'll probably not work since, in the structure of the fandom, I'm less then a nobody, but maybe, just maybe it can cause a ripple or two and maybe then yiff can once again mean a happy hello and not a seedy sexual reference.
So... yiff everyone!
not really. there are masses that aren't. a few even are repulsed to yiff.
also had already heard this a loooong time ago.
it's not going to change. at all. all language changes. peoples interpretations of words change, and that becomes what is correct. no matter what the origin of the word, it only matters what it currently is.
it's not about sailing or swimming anymore , it's become pee fetishm
just like yiff.