Wario
See also: wario
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editWario (plural Warios or Warioes)
- A surname from Borana
Etymology 2
editFrom Wario, a villainous counterpart to Mario in the Mario video game franchise, from Japanese ワリオ (Wario), a blend of 悪い (warui, “bad”) + マリオ (Mario).
Noun
editWario
- (humorous) An evil or otherwise sinister counterpart of another person or thing.
- 2022 March 13, Cari Hovanec, Twitter[1]:
- Is there an academic way to say that one thing is the Wario of another thing? Like, the demonic version of that thing, but the two are inseparably linked?
- 2023 February 22, Bwog Staff, “Warios Of Barnumbia”, in Bwog[3]:
- Anthropology is the Wario of sociology.
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