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intj
Onomatopeia representing the bark of a fox (especially while mating).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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intj
Used to express happiness or to state that something is sexually appealing.
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Usage: informal
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noun
The bark of a fox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang, uncountable, usually
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noun
Sexual intercourse, especially between furries (fictional anthropomorphic animal characters or members of the community surrounding their celebration).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
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noun
Pornography of or involving furries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang, uncountable, usually
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verb
To bark as or similar to a fox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, slang
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verb
Of animals, especially foxes, to mate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal, rare, vulgar
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verb
Of furries, To have sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal, slang, vulgar
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verb
To propose cybersex to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, slang, transitive
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History
Yiff was part of a range of onomatopoeic words from a pseudolanguage called Foxish used by the furry role-playing community, ostensibly created by a user named LittleFox or Foxen around 1990. Other terms used by this community included yip, yerf, yaff, yarf, growf, and growlf. Yiff originally meant yes or an exuberant hello. According to LittleFox, the sexual connotations of yiff were influenced by yipp (derived from yip), which originally held these sexual connotations. By 1992, yiff had been assigned a meaning of a sexual proposition, and in modern use within the furry subculture, yiff exclusively refers either to sex between anthropomorphic animals, or pornographic depictions thereof.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
