However, there is also a comparatively-small movement of those horrified by the word's sexual connotations that exists to alter the popular usage of what is arguably furry fandom's commonest piece of jargon into something more generally acceptable. This movement's agenda is to advertise furry fandom as a friendly, tolerant, and, most importantly, clean community; most furries, though, feel that doing so takes away an important part of what it means to be furry, arguing that, even though furry fandom encompasses much more than just sex, the sexual side of furry fandom cannot and should not be denied.

Furries generally tend to ignore these controversies, but occasionally, the matter surfaces again; for example, at the 1997 Anthrocon in Albany, New York, three different groups (the proponents of the sexual connotation of the word, the opponents thereof, and a faction tired of the entire controversy as a whole) all took to writing "I'M YIFFY!" on their name-badges; the confusion and ill karma this generated in the extremists provided great amusement to the convention attendees.

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