husbando

Borrowed from Japanese ハズバンド (hazubando). Doublet of husband, which is the immediate source of the Japanese word, compare waifu with the same etymological history.

• IPA^(key): /həzˈbændəʊ/, /həzˈbɑːndəʊ/

husbando (plural husbandos or husbandoes)

1. (fandom slang) A fictional male character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is attracted and/or whom one considers their significant other.

   Levi will always be my husbando!

   • 2018 July 5, “Kaye: Your Happy Pill”, in Bliss Digital Arts Batch 2018‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 November 2021, page 131:

     Just don't frequently mention her husbandos around her though, she'll be rendered speechless for hours. *cough* Loki *cough*

   • 2019, Dale Beren, It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump Into Office‎^[2], unnumbered page:

     For example, the otaku had popularized body pillows, a human-size pillow imprinted with the image of one's waifu (“wife”) or husbando (“husband”), the anime girl or boy to which the otaku imagines he or she is married.

   • 2021, Stephen Reysen, Courtney N. Plante, Daniel Chadborn, Sharon E. Roberts, Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Transported to Another World: The Psychology of Anime Fans‎^[3], unnumbered page:

     Those with waifus or husbandos are also more likely to feel a greater sense of belongingness to the anime fandom, a fandom which they're also more likely to consider to be unique compared to other fandoms.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:husbando.

• soulbond

• waifu

• mai (“my”)

Unadapted borrowing from English husbando.

• IPA^(key): /xusˈbando/ [xuzˈβ̞ãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando

husbando f (plural husbandos)

1. (fandom slang, Internet slang) husbando

   Coordinate term: waifu