fur demon

English

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Noun

fur demon (plural fur demons)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) An animal with fur, such as a cat or dog, especially one seen as mischievous or badly behaved.
    • 2014 November 15, Ludwig Kietzmann, “Far Cry 4 review: Home despot”, in Engadget‎[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2020:
      Only he gets distracted, goes mountain climbing for a bit, helps dismantle a despotic regime, fights a tiger, runs in circles looking for an ancient scroll, lands a gyrocopter on someone's house and develops a caustic vendetta against nature's sweet-sounding fur demon, the honey badger.
    • 2016, Tracy Weber, Karma's a Killer: A Downward Dog Mystery‎[2], →ISBN:
      In other words, I might be stuck with the little fur-demon all night.
    • 2024, Jean Meltzer, Magical Meet Cute‎[3], →ISBN:
      No, as it turned out...no amount of snarling, or defecating in high-traffic areas, or trying to bite her with his gummy, toothless mouth, would ever steer her heart away from the four-legged fur demon.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fur,‎ demon.
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