fursona

English

Animated fursona

Alternative forms

• sona (shortening)

Etymology

Blend of fur +‎ persona. By surface analysis, fur +‎ -sona.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɝˈsoʊnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɜːˈsəʊnə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /fɵːˈsɐʉnɘ/, [fɵːˈsɐʉnɜ]

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fursona (plural fursonas or (rare) fursonae)

1. (fandom slang) An anthropomorphic animal character used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing.

   Hyponyms: bearsona, dragonsona, foxsona

   • 2009 July 28, Zack Parsons, Your Next-Door Neighbor is a Dragon, New York: Rebel Base, →ISBN, →OL, page 159:

     Fursuiters dress the part of their furry persona or fursona.

   • 2020, Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Shepherd Stolley, Lisa Lyon Payne, Animals and Ourselves: Essays on Connections and Blurred Boundaries, McFarland, →ISBN:

     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.

Related terms

• fursonality

Translations

animal character representing oneself

• Bulgarian: фърсо́на f (fǎrsóna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獸設 / 兽设 (shòu shè)

• Esperanto: felpersono, felsono, felulo
• French: fursona (fr) m
• German: Fursona f
• Hindi: फुरसोना (phursonā), फ़ुरसोना (fursonā)
• Japanese: ファーソナ (fāsona)
• Marathi: फुरसोनं (phursona)
• Portuguese: fursona f
• Russian: фурсона m or f (fursona)
• Spanish: fursona (es) f

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