A term usually seen on furry art sites such as DeviantART, Inkbunny, etc. An adoptable is a custom-made cartoon/furry character, specificly made to be sold to someone who is unoriginal and/or too lazy to make their own unique character. Adoptables are usually auctioned off and end up going for ridiculous amounts, even surpassing $200 at times.
Artist: Adoptable for auction! She is an adorable husky with a big love for cookies!

Guy 1: I bid $10!
Guy 2: NO! I get to have her! $20!
Guy 1: $30!
Guy 2: $100!! No, $200!!!
Guy 1: Chill, dude. You can have her, jeez.
by Shadow Silverclaw March 27, 2015
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A character design made for sale by an artist. Adopts are usually sold online at websites like Amino, Deviant Art, Toyhou.se, etc. They can sell for any type of currency you can think of.

Adopt Artists can have Terms of Service (T.O.S.) for the characters they sell. Common rules include Asking before reselling, No reselling for more than what you bought, No major design changes, etc.
I'm selling some adopts so I can save up for that membership I wanted on Amino.
by ScarredLittleIntrovert June 16, 2019
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A 1.4 billion dollar industry in which American couples buy a baby from a third world country for $10,000 to $50,000 USD. There is a strong correlation between the price of the baby and the race of the baby.

During the selection process, every attempt is made to purchase a non-defective human.

Significant portions of the transaction wind up lining the pockets of corrupt third world government officials and shady the non-profit orgagizations involved in connecting the buyers of babies with the sellers of babies.
Angelina Jolie recently paid a lot of money in a shady Tijuana adoption transaction and she wound up getting ripped off.
by Stork Vangutenberg February 21, 2008
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When your birth parents give you away and get selected to a different family to live with legally.
Vincent’s parents hated him so he got adopted
by Urfluff May 24, 2020
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Adopted: You
mom: your adopted
kid: i want to see my real parents then
now you have to spend thousands of dollars of money because your kid want to see their parents who didnt even take care of them their whole life ;)
by Troll12345654321 November 11, 2018
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A less painful, more humane alternative to abortion (for the baby, that is). Recent studies show that abortion actually IS painful to the fetus being aborted. Therefore, in order to avoid having a baby, one should do one of the following:

1. Let yourself give birth to the baby, then simply put it up for adoption.

2. Make it easy for yourself simply by not fucking your boyfriend until you're ready to support a child and have a new husband. 10/1 chances your so-called "lover" will want nothing to do with you after he finds out the news.
Rachael may have been dumb enough to fuck that asswipe, but at least she's giving her unwanted baby a chance by putting it up for adoption instead of aborting.
by ScYtH August 18, 2004
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