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DWB en · X

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of driving while black (or brown): a sarcastic reference to racial profiling by police investigating driving offences.
   alt of driving while black
   • 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. . . . 1995, Paul C. Rosenblatt, Terri A. Karis, Richard D. Powell, Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices (Understanding Families), SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 147:

Relateds

DWI