When is マイ・ワイフ used?


While looking up マイカー in
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms>, I came
across マイ・ワイフ. Is マイ・ワイフ used in real life, or mainly in anime?

If the former, what differences does it have to other words for "wife"?




At least in daily life, there is no word マイ・ワイフ or マイワイフ.

The prefix マイ means "personal (property)" or "private (property)" as opposed
to "public" such as マイカー "privately owned car (as opposed to public
transportation or company owned vehicles)" or マイマヨネーズ "mayonaise personally
carried into restaurants (as opposed to those that restaurants are equipped
with)". If there were such word as マイワイフ, it would most likely mean "a
personal wife (as opposed to a shared one)".




It is an anime-subculture term. "Mai waifu" is commonly used to refer to one's
favourite female character, and may also imply having an imaginary
relationship with the character.

