DWB

American  

Or D.W.B.

abbreviation

1. driving while Black: (used ironically to refer to the stopping of a Black motorist by police because of the motorist's skin color rather than for any real offense).

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Etymology

Origin of DWB

First recorded in 1985–90; patterned on DWI

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

DWB

Local inhabitants told DWB that Nigerian forces were pursuing targets who had fled a border town.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2022

For some readers, the discovery of the prevalence of DWB may be new.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022

If that were true, it would mean that, at the very least, American forces ignored the GPS coordinates they’d been given by DWB.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2015

Last Sunday that number ballooned to 50,000 as a horde of redditors, subscribers to the social media site reddit.com, thundered across the DWB homepage.

From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2011

As the article points out, DWB is apolitical, unconcerned with notions of right and wrong and nation-building; they are there to help, period.

From Newsweek ● Jan. 22, 2010