yiff

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: yĭf, IPA(key): /jɪf/ Rhymes: -ɪf === Interjection === yiff Onomatopeia representing the bark of a fox (especially while mating). (informal) Used to express happiness or to state that something is sexually appealing. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === yiff (usually uncountable, plural yiffs) (slang, informal) The bark of a fox. (slang, vulgar, informal) Sexual intercourse, especially between furries (fictional anthropomorphic animal characters or members of the community surrounding their celebration). (slang, informal) Pornography of or involving furries. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === yiff (third-person singular simple present yiffs, present participle yiffing, simple past and past participle yiffed) (intransitive, slang, informal) To bark as or similar to a fox. (ambitransitive, rare, vulgar, informal) Of animals, especially foxes, to mate (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar, informal) Of furries, To have sexual intercourse. (intransitive, transitive, slang, informal) To propose cybersex to someone. ==== Derived terms ==== yiffer yiffy yiffpile yiffsuit yiffable yiffless ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “yiff”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “yiff”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999. "Yiff", A Furry Glossary Definition of "yiff", Furtopia === Anagrams === FYFI, iffy == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝiff === Etymology 1 === From Old English ġif. ==== Conjunction ==== yiff if === Etymology 2 === From Old English giefan. ==== Verb ==== yiff alternative form of yiven