Waifu vs Wifey - What's the difference?
waifu | wifey |
(fandom) A fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) that one is attracted to and considers a significant other.
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Galen, title=Re: Japanese launch campaign to marry comic book characters * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2009, date=31 December, author=
Dave Watson, title=Re: K-ON! 2nd season announced * 2012 , Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography , McFarland & Company (2012), ISBN 9780786470686,
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Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
* 1955 , Robert O. Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage , Free Press (1955),
* 1997 , Cary O'Dell, Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders , McFarland & Company (1997), ISBN 9780786401673,
* 1998 , New Statesman , Volume 127, Issues 4379-4391,
* 2012 , Meesha Mink, Real Wifeys: Get Money , Touchstone (2012), ISBN 9781451640823,
As nouns the difference between waifu and wifey
is that waifu is a fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) that one is attracted to and considers a significant other while wifey is wife.As an adjective wifey is
of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.waifu
English
Noun
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page 126:
- Bradley Meek's portrayal of Lucky?Star's protagonist is particularly worthy of notice in assessing the anime's take on the art-play dyad: “Konata Izumi is a high school otaku hardcore enough to know trivia about seventies giant robot and tokusatsu shows,” the critic proposes, “but not hardcore enough to own a bodypillow of her waifu [a 2D significant other].
wifey
English
Adjective
(en-adj)page 65:
- She even admits herself that she lives a dual life — one where she's always acting, trying to impress people; the other when she's around me which is more settled, the more wifey sort of thing.
page 122:
- There was talk of having her wear a wedding ring to look more "wifey " and to have her wear an apron and adopt a stage name so she would become something of a company mascot.
page 25:
- Perhaps you should be a bit more "wifey " by getting out the sewing machine and knocking something up yourself, using some sequins, M&S "hi-cut" knickers and that nice "satin effect" fabric you are so keen on - and which is very reasonably priced at John Lewis.
page 82:
- But it meant more wifey duties for me: weekly visits, care packages, high-ass phone bills, and making sure he got everything he needed in there.