Talk:furry

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not clear or distinct, especially not seen or heard clearly
the last few words of a pretty furry radio message 
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009. 

Can anybody confirm this meaning? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:48, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: June–July 2020

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furry

RFV-sense of "Having both animal and human-like characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture." Seems like another case of people reading an adjective into a compounded/attributive noun. Is there evidence of comparable or predicative usage? The fandom-related nominal sense could have easily arisen from the regular meaning of the adjective. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 16:40, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Well, remember that this noun came from an adjective in the first place. I can find e.g. "A very Furry St. Patrick's Day" (title of a piece of furry artwork with that day as the theme). Equinox ◑ 17:32, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

In most cases the uses can be satisfactorily be explained as the attributive use of a noun, but what about “somebody may identify as furry”, “I’ve been furry my whole life”, and “someone who without a doubt was born furry”?  --Lambiam 18:45, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

• I feel like "A very Furry St. Patrick's Day" follows the construction of A Very Brady Christmas, which IMO does not confirm that Brady is really an adjective. —Mahāgaja · talk 05:38, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Then from forums.furaffinity.net: "How furry am I? How furry are you?", "Seriously how furry can you get?", "The community is not so furry anymore". Equinox ◑ 23:59, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

I am inclined to agree it's an adjective, but I would shorten the definition to just its (current) second half: "of or related to the furry subculture". - -sche (discuss) 08:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:12, 4 July 2020 (UTC)