Waifu
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uË
Origin
, from .
Full definition of waifu
Noun
- (fandom) A fictional female character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is attracted and, in some cases, whom one considers a significant other.
- 30 October 2008, Galen, Re: Japanese launch campaign to marry comic book characters, So long as I get to claim my virtual waifu and our 30 virtual children as tax deductions, I don't really care if I can't touch her.
- 31 December 2009, Dave Watson, Re: K-ON! 2nd season announced, Seriously, it was fun, but here's hoping that they lay off some of the bits that got old real quick, like Mio getting scared easily. I would not like to have someone that timid as "mai waifu" (as if I'd marry a bloody high school girl anyway). Makes me wonder what that says about the otaku who worship her.
- 2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company (2012), ISBN 9780786470686, 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 2D significant other. ...