Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal)A minor celebrity whose fame is unwarranted or undeserved.

More definitions
  • a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

Origin

A humorous reinterpretation of waif as an initialism for why am I famous?

A humorous reinterpretation of waif as an initialism for why am I famous?

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: WAIFs
SingularWAIF
PluralWAIFs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned:street child

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
WAIF — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto