wifey

From wife +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

wifey (comparative wifier or more wifey, superlative wifiest or most wifey)

1. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.

   Synonyms: wifely, wifish, uxorial

   Hyponyms: housewifey, housewifely, housewifish

   • 1955, Robert O. Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage, Free Press, published 1955, page 65:

     She even admits herself that she lives a dual life — one where she's always acting, trying to impress people; the other when she's around me which is more settled, the more wifey sort of thing.

   • 1997, Cary O'Dell, Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders, McFarland & Company, published 1997, →ISBN, page 122:

     There was talk of having her wear a wedding ring to look more "wifey" and to have her wear an apron and adopt a stage name so she would become something of a company mascot.

   • 1998, New Statesman, volume 127, numbers 4379-4391, page 25:

     Perhaps you should be a bit more "wifey" by getting out the sewing machine and knocking something up yourself, using some sequins, M&S "hi-cut" knickers and that nice "satin effect" fabric you are so keen on - and which is very reasonably priced at John Lewis.

   • 2012, Meesha Mink, Real Wifeys: Get Money, Touchstone, published 2012, →ISBN, page 82:

     But it meant more wifey duties for me: weekly visits, care packages, high-ass phone bills, and making sure he got everything he needed in there.

From wife +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

• wifie

wifey (plural wifeys)

1. (informal, diminutive, endearing) Diminutive of wife.

   Wifey likes it when I cook her dinner.

   • traditional, BurmaShave road signs:

     if wifie shuns
     your fond embrace
     don't shoot the iceman
     feel your face
     Burma-Shave

   • 2024 May 7, Cait Kelly, “Melbourne private school students expelled over ‘cruel’ spreadsheet rating female classmates”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Four students from Yarra Valley grammar in Ringwood, in Melbourne’s east, were suspended last week after it came to light they had made the list. It included photos of female students ranking them as “wifeys”, “cuties”, “mid”, “object”, “get out” and “unrapable”.