fursona
nounUS /fɝˈsoʊnə/ · UK /fɜːˈsəʊnə/
Etymology Blend of fur + persona. By surface analysis, fur + -sona.
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Lifestyle Slang An animal character, typically anthropomorphic, used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing.
- Fursuiters dress the part of their furry persona or fursona.2009 July 28, Zack Parsons, Your Next-Door Neighbor is a Dragon, New York: Rebel Base, →ISBN, →OL, page 159:
- Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.2020, Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Shepherd Stolley, Lisa Lyon Payne, Animals and Ourselves: Essays on Connections and Blurred Boundaries, McFarland, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- fursonality