popufur

English

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.

Noun

popufur (plural popufurs)

1. (furry fandom) An influential or famous furry; a microcelebrity or influencer in the furry fandom subculture.
   • 2007 February 13, Arshes Nei, “RE: What pisses you right the !@#$ off?”, in Fur Affinity Forums‎^[2], Fur Affinity, archived from the original on 2015-08-28:

     I'm getting crap from people upset that a person did an OC for me, and how they waited around for blah blah blah time. The favoritism and having to OC with "popufur" artist has turned me off to the program and talk about ruining something done out of the kindness of someone's heart :/

   • 2009 August 15, JackieDog, Twitter‎^[3]:

     Yay! I'm in the news! Can I be a popufur yet? :D

   • 2016 September 15, u/BennyCrobat, “What counts as a popufur?”, in r/Furry‎^[4], Reddit:

     How many watchers on FA do you need to be a popufur?

   • 2020 December 10, Tonya_Song, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Let's call it what it is. People have an easier time bullying furries of color, especially black furries than they do gently telling a white popufur they might want to rethink something they said.

   • 2024 January 6, unhingedalmi, Twitter‎^[6]:

     how the fuck did I get 56 followers in 5 days. why am I slowly gaining popufur status o h n o

Usage notes

• Sometimes used in a derogatory manner, or with negative connotations.