furgonomics

English

Etymology

Blend of fur (“clipping of furry”) +‎ ergonomics.

Pronunciation

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Noun

furgonomics (uncountable)

1. (furry fandom) Ergonomics as it applies to furries; the design of equipment and objects in order to accommodate anthropomorphic animals.
   • 1994 March 8, Bruce Grant, “Non-human FurryMUCK typists, Re: Dream of ....”, in alt.furry.fan‎^[1] (Usenet):

     And not just for actual furries: that's how I started on keyboards. Now, <ahem> years later, I'm up to about 4. - 6 fingers when I get a good head of steam up.
     
     Furgonomics -- now _there's_ a fascinating field for study! :->

   • 2000 August 15, Rimau Dahan, “FUR: Wedding Furgonomics”, in alt.furry.fan‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I've got this couple, in some of my stories, who just got engaged (for the second time)--and this time, it looks like they actually *will* get married. Which brought up some furgonomics questions regarding the wedding.
     
     First of all, dresses. How the deuce does one deal with a dress if one has a tail? The bride's wedding gown might have to have a rather strange zipper on the back.

   • 2015 April 7, ResoluteRL, Twitter‎^[3]:

     Needs more furgonomics

   • 2022 August 20, u/Le_Endal, “Thinking furgonomics is kind of thinking disability”, in r/furgonomics‎^[4], Reddit:

     Furgonomics reveals that the mass production of a single model of a good, like a chair, has its limits. In a world dwelled by anthro people, variations in the anatomy of furries forces us to re-think the way people live.

Usage notes

• This term usually refers only to insignificant or subtle differences, rather than societal ones (such as whether predators and prey would be able to coexist in a hypothetical world inhabited by furries).