different between furry vs weeaboo

English

Etymology

From fur +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f???i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?i/
• Rhymes: -??ri

Adjective

furry (comparative furrier, superlative furriest)

1. Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

2. (informal) Of or related to the furry subculture.

Translations

Noun

furry (plural furries)

1. An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.

   Synonym: fursona

2. A member of the furry fandom.

3. Someone who roleplays or identifies with a furry character. (Compare therianthrope.)

Coordinate terms

• (furry fandom senses): anthro, avian, scalie, feral

Related terms

• befurred
• furdom
• furfag
• furfan
• furmeet
• furrydom
• fursecution
• fursona
• furvert

Translations

See also

• kemonomimi
• nahualism
• anthropomorphism
• zoomorphism

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English furry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?.ri/
• Hyphenation: fur?ry

Noun

furry m (plural furries or furry's)

1. A furry (member of furry fandom).

English

Alternative forms

• weaboo

Etymology

Nonce word from a Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch. Later arbitrarily used by the 4chan website as an automated replacement for the term wapanese in users' posts.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w???bo?o, IPA^(key): /?wi??bu?/

Noun

weeaboo (plural weeaboos)

1. (slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person (especially one of Caucasian ancestry) who is obsessed with Japanese culture and behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner.

Synonyms

• Japanophile, wapanese (slang, derogatory, refers to white people only), weeb (slang, derogatory)

Hypernyms

• egg (mildly pejorative, refers to white people only)

Derived terms

• Koreaboo

References