DWB

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See also: Dwb and dWb

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A play on DWI (“driving while intoxicated”).

Phrase[edit]

DWB

  1. Initialism of driving while black (or brown): a sarcastic reference to racial profiling by police investigating driving offences.
    • 1995, Paul C. Rosenblatt, Terri A. Karis, Richard D. Powell, Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices (Understanding Families)‎[1], SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 147:
      jill We [Jill and her husband James] call it, "Driving While Black." We have a . . . nice car. So we got pulled over for a DWB. . . .

Related terms[edit]

  • DWI (driving while intoxicated)

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

DWB

  1. Initialism of Deutsches Wörterbuch; the largest dictionary of the German language.
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