Wario

See also: wario

English

Etymology 1

From Borana Wario

Proper noun

Wario (plural Warios or Warioes)

  1. A surname from Borana

Etymology 2

From Wario, a villainous counterpart to Mario in the Mario video game franchise.

Noun

Wario

  1. (humorous) An evil or otherwise sinister counterpart of another person or thing.
    • 2022 March 13, Cari Hovanec, Twitter‎:
      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?
    • 2022 October 13, James Felton, “Duon H. Miller”, in Assholes: The Dead People You Should Be Mad At‎, London: Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
      His Wario, meanwhile, began spreading the rumour that the vaccine itself was dangerous, and that the virus that caused polio didn't really exist.
    • 2023 February 22, Bwog Staff, “Warios Of Barnumbia”, in Bwog‎:
      Anthropology is the Wario of sociology.
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