Add "Yiff" to the Oxford English Dictionary

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We, the undersigned, believe that the slang term yiff (The Word) should be added into the Oxford English Dictionary. An entire community, the furry community, uses The Word in just about every aspect of such. All that we ask is that The Word be added into the next convenient edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The Word is defined as followed:

1) (Noun) Sound made by mating foxes.
2) (Noun) More or less sexual act. Commonly used by furries, usually denotes standard intercourse but may denote any kind of sexual behavior between any type and number of parties (imaginary anthropomorphic creatures, humans, animals, even inanimate objects like plush toys).
3) (Verb) Like in meaning 2, "to yiff".
4) Furry (or otherwise) artwork depicting yiff as in meaning 3.
5) Expression of joy (by furries)
6) Non-invasive question about sexual feelings/will to mate.

Note in all sexual meanings this has a very specific emotional background: It's neither considered vulgar (like "fuck" or technical (like "have intercourse") or emotion-less (like "make love"). It's playful, considering the act like something fun, nice, pleasant and not very important - without any special obligations attached to it. "Let's yiff" has about the same emotional background as "Let's play".
1) I heard foxes making the "yiff" noises.
2) Are you into yiff, or just cuddles?
3) Let's yiff.
4) It's hard to find good yiff on VCL nowadays.
7) I did it! Yiff-yiff-yiff-yiff-yiff!
8) "Yiff?" "No, thanks, I don't quite feel like this right now."

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  • Max M
  • peter
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    • no idea if you guys seriously intend to get that word into the dictionary, sounds more like a joke to me... never gonna happen anyways
  • Jeff M
    • Comments
    • Wow I never knew that anyone would try this.
  • Andre W
  • craig m
  • Darknes
  • tristan
    • Comments
    • this word should be added because it is very commonly used through the community.
  • John K
  • Becca
  • Beth F
    • Comments
    • Yiff should be added to the dictionary as it is a commonly-used work in most circles, and although it is slang, so are many of the other words in the dictionary.
  • Kuro
  • Jordan T
  • qvmflwma
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    • asd
  • Cody
  • Ravenwolf, Alpha Male of the Cock-Nommers C
    • Comments
    • At last, my brethren and I can have a little validity to our fuzzy buttfux.
  • Shiro L
    • Comments
    • Shiro is my Fursona
  • Teemu K
  • Tagwyn U
  • Brian
  • Austin H
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    • i love yiff and im gay :D
  • Connall P
    • Comments
    • I love having sex with dickgirls
  • Bradley G
  • Lance J
  • Benjamin C
    • Comments
    • Why not? Google was added....
  • Luis Fernando Furlaneto G
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    • Yiff isn't just a english word, is a universal word, Here in Brazil we say yiff too!
  • Rob
  • Alex C
  • Alexandra E
  • Jamison S
  • tristan
  • daniel h
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    • Yiff 4 life
  • Nige111
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    • Haha, sure.
  • Ian S
    • Comments
    • Just remember the original meaning was "an exuberant greeting"
  • Lei
  • Joseph L. W
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    • :3
  • Jesse W
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    • Epic Lulz
  • CrimsonDragoon12
  • Hosanna
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    • Furrys ftw
  • Ian N
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    • HUSKIEH TIEM
  • Kazumi S
  • James E
  • Krystal B
    • Comments
    • I feel this would be one more step towards furs being more widely known and therfore i support this petition.
  • Andrew B
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    • It is our word, why not take pride in it and our fandom and community, regardless of what others think. I am a furry, and damn proud of it!
  • Nicky (
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    • It should be added...it has many uses not just for sexual reasons
  • Garret C
  • Crosse W
    • Comments
    • lol make it happen
  • Donovan G
  • jarrad
  • Eddie E
  • Dante R
    • Comments
    • i play World of Warcraft