Talk:Wally World

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Wally World

Wallyworld

"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)

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)

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)

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)