SWMBO

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originated in the novel She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard, where it refers to the imperious queen of a lost kingdom in Africa. Later used by John Mortimer in his Rumpole of the Bailey series of books.

Noun[edit]

SWMBO (plural SWMBOs)

  1. (humorous) Initialism of she who must be obeyed: one's wife or female partner.

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