Would totally be on board with this idea x3 Send me a holler if you want any co-narrator/scripter thing!

Primarily, I'd need someone who actually knows flash I think

Ah, I read it wrong then. I know next year I'll be learning flash (I'm dedicating this summer to C++), but I don't know it just yet v.v

Ohhhh, flaaaash. I'm learning its interface. I sorta already know how it's supposed to be worked ('cuz I know its cousin, After Effects), just that I don't know which levers to pull and such. darn.

We do have the ruling from the US supreme court. Vs Omaha the cat dancer.

Sticking cat ears and tail on a human does not make it a funny animal/furry.
it is still human porn.

I honestly am ok with this tidbit of information... Clears up a lot of questions i've had

wow, now that is interesting... quick! throw this in the face of all the neko lover!!!!11111 kidding. But still interesting nonetheless.

A wonderful breakdown of all the myriad thoughts and apparent possible definitions! :D

Amazing, Thank you, I now have a link to forward to all my confused friends...

I was doing "furry" stuff before I'd ever heard the word furry. I used the term "anthro/anthropomorphic" which seemed to make sense, but eventually the furry community found me and we very vocal that everything I did was "furry" and had to be labelled as such :/

Awesome

A fantastic and thorough analysis of the various usages and definitions of the word furry. Top notch work! I typically stick to using 1 and 3 to define the fandom to people who don't understand it, but I may have to link them to this in the future!

Always interesting to read about these views. It's just something that's rather hard to define.

And now you know what descriptivist linguistics is.

Now I got a list for thosewho bully furs to show the correct terminology.

I have read that the origins of furry may of came from a Philosopher. He would go out into the woods and live like animal in the woods. He would mimic(as one can mimic) whatever animal he had chosen and live exactly as it dose. He wolud practice this for a number of days up to a month or so untile he had reaced some form of enlightenment . I hope this information helps.

or in layman's terms - "furry" is a psychological disorder of pretending to be something you are not (an animal species that is not human) more often than it is necessary to carry out comical or theatrical needs.

Do not forget "therians" in that mix. They tend to be members of the furry fandom, but hold significantly more importance in personal spirituality (or believe it is some kind of body dysmorphia condition). Usually, though, furries look at therians as people who take it a little too far, or are looking for attention... and admittedly, to someone who has not spent much time in the community or has spent too much time with the "otherkin" tag on Tumblr, that is a rather reasonable definition.

I am an reincarnated Na'vi and James Cameron is my god D:

Yes.

Reminds me of a quote: "Unauthorized personnel only"

Furries have always resonated at a more spiritual, metaphorical level for me. I can recall drawing my fursona for the first time at age 13. Although I already had anthro characters of my own, there was something in particular about Brian that sent me on tangents. Now at 21 I see him (pretty much) as God me.

Most people I meet will come off to me in some animalistic way: could be their appearance, habits, jokes, anything. I can make some connections in seconds where others would take me years to conclude. My mind is almost always bringing anthro into real context.

I find the human aesthetic unattractive (although in very few cases stimulating). It could be for the better, since it levels my reception of first impressions; although I still sense a strong bias from girls when meeting new people. This has also made me search deeper into people to find their essence, demeanour, what have you.

Ultimately, these characters are just a form of self-expression. Its rather tragic the presentation of which has become controversial in mainstream media, but... people need to be offended every once in a while.

Ric/k/ Griffin confirmed to be skinwalker

I see furries as anyone with a high interest in anthropomorphic animals. This doesn't include those who just enjoy AAs casually, or aren't very dedicated to them. You can determine what it qualifies to be a furry yourself.
I personally don't refer to the animals/characters that fit into this category as furries, but that's just me.

Whoa. This is interesting. Fitting into the "house style" (I like that term) is probably the definition I subscribe to here, given a lot of times I feel you can look at different artist drawings of animals and tell which ones are furry.