Editing Furry Community in VRChat (section)

=== Key Terms ===

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! Term !! Definition
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| '''Furry''' || Person who identifies with or has interest in anthropomorphic animal characters; also used to describe the avatar itself
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| '''Fursona''' || A furry's personal anthropomorphic character, representing their identity or creative persona
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| '''Fursuit''' || A physical wearable costume of one's fursona; the real-world counterpart to a VRChat avatar
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| '''Kemono''' || Japanese aesthetic style of anthropomorphic characters; more stylized, rounder, often "chibi"-adjacent
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| '''Anthro''' || Abbreviation for anthropomorphic; often used to distinguish realistic/western-style animal characters from kemono
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| '''Open Species''' || A furry species design that any creator may use freely to make characters, avatars, or art
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| '''Sona''' || Informal shorthand for fursona
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| '''Therian / Otherkin''' || A subset of the furry community who spiritually or psychologically identify as non-human
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| '''Avatar Adoption''' || The practice of selling or giving away a custom-textured character to another person to use as their own
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