Wario

See also: wario

English

Etymology 1

From Borana Wario.

Proper noun

Wario (plural Warios or Warioes)

1. A surname from Borana

Etymology 2

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Wario

Wikipedia

Wario's insignia

From 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

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.