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DWB

American

Or D.W.B.

abbreviation

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).

Etymology

Origin of DWB

First recorded in 1985–90; patterned on DWI

Example Sentences

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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

To its immense credit, DWB has refused to go quietly.

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

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