Meanings
Wario1
Wario2
- humorousAn evil or otherwise sinister counterpart of another person or thing.
Anthropology is the Wario of sociology.
2023 February 22, Bwog Staff, “Warios Of Barnumbia”, in Bwog2 more examples
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 March 13, Cari Hovanec, TwitterHis Wario, meanwhile, began spreading the rumour that the vaccine itself was dangerous, and that the virus that caused polio didn't really exist.
2022 October 13, James Felton, “Duon H. Miller”, in Assholes: The Dead People You Should Be Mad At, London: Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN
Origin
Wario · proper noun
- BoranaWario
- EnglishWario
From Borana Wario.
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- Japaneseワリオ
- EnglishWario
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).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Wario. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wario
“Wario.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wario. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wario,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wario.
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