Talk:Wally World

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Wally World

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"A fictional theme park patterned after Disneyland in the 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation." If this only exists in the universe of this particular film, it would fail WT:FICTION. Equinox 13:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

I see a great many references to Walmart, but very few to the usage originating in the movie, and these tend to be along the lines of:
  • 2011, John Sellers, The Old Man and the Swamp, page 59:
    I felt like Clark Griswold arriving at Wally World, only to find that it's closed for repairs.
  • 2010, Lee Silber, Time Management for the Creative Person, page 34:
    Obviously he [Clark Griswold] is missing the point, but at least he made it to the canyon and, eventually, Wally World.
I would not count this as a usage showing meaning independent of the film. There are a number of indeterminate uses that could just as easily be referring to Walmart or a fictional theme park, but even if a theme park is intended, it is impossible to tell if the fictional theme park in the movie is the one intended. See, e.g.:
  • 2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 193:
    Using the same technique I had used months before I should be able to get this old battle horse running all the way to Wally World.
  • 2012, Maureen F. McHugh, "After the Apocalypse", in Gardner Dozois, ed., The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, page 227:
    “How far to Wallyworld?” Franny giggles.
  • 2004, Debra Kandelaars, Postcards: A Few of Our Favorites, page vii:
    South Australia is not for the flashy, wham-bam 'Wallyworld' tourist, rather it's a vast tapestry of many colours and moods.
- bd2412 T 15:39, 12 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
Addendum: I found two uses, both from 1996, which seem to use the name "Wally World" to refer to a generic theme park:
  • 1996, Field & Stream, Volume 101, Issues 7-12, page 17:
    The Tennessee Valley Authority's scheme to turn the Land Between the Lakes into Wally World has been stopped.
  • 1996, Michael Roney, Michael Utvich, The Guerrilla Guide to High-tech Trade Shows, page 203:
    Forget Disney, Universal, and Wally World. Vegas was there before them all — the ultimate adult theme park...
I do not believe that these support a definition for the theme park depicted in the movie, but the movie could be considered the etymological basis for a generic sense. bd2412 T 16:09, 12 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

I am going to go ahead and adjust the definition under review to meet the citations provided, move the movie information to an Etymology section, and close this as resolved. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:25, 11 August 2013 (UTC)Reply