I don't really understand it either. I never heard of "furries" until a few years ago. Was no furries i can remember when i was a kid. But now im sounding old...
right? To me it's just "cartoon character". I only see "furry" as like when someone draws Renamon with huge tits or something. Deliberately sexualizing what's otherwise a non sexual cartoon animal.
Nice try, but you understand perfectly well what people mean when they refer to you as a furry.
The colloquial "furry" descriptor has been quite well-established in its reference to anthropomorphic characters, especially those of feline/canine characteristics that are highly sexualized. That's not niche knowledge nor counter-intuitive vernacular even if you grew up watching Lion King or some bullshit.
When a hyper-sexualized, furry, anthro-creature is posted non-ironically (like this: https://tinyurl.com/y8sv9ast ), it's rather evident it makes the poster's dick hard, and that's what they refer to when they call you that.
It's not "odd" nor an "accusation." It's an incredibly straight-forward observation, and you know it.
^To you maybe. You implied im a furry when I talked about DW9, and i've been wondering about it since. Like is it just because my profile pic is a fox girl OC? I don't see it as any more "furry" than animaniacs or Darkwing Duck. I've never shown any specific interest in anthros over non anthros, that I can recall.