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popufur

noun

Etymology

Blend of popular + furry. Attested as early as 2007 (see quotations), but popularised by a 2009 musical comedy sketch at the Furry Night Live variety show of the Further Confusion furry convention that used popufur as a synonym for popular. Compare similar terms like horse famous (“influential or famous within the brony fandom subculture”).

  1. derived from furrer
  2. inherited from furren
  3. derived from *peh₂-✻
  4. derived from *fōdrą✻ — “sheath”
  5. derived from *fōdr✻
  6. derived from *fōdar✻
  7. derived from forre
  8. inherited from furre
  9. formed as furry — “fur + -y”
  10. compounded as popufur — “popular + furry”

Definitions

  1. An influential or famous furry

    An influential or famous furry; a microcelebrity or influencer in the furry fandom subculture.

    • Yay! I'm in the news! Can I be a popufur yet? :D
    • How many watchers on FA do you need to be a popufur?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for popufur. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA