DWB

See also: Dwb and dWb

English

Etymology

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

Phrase

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

• DWI (driving while intoxicated)

Anagrams

• BDW

German

Alternative forms

• DWb

Proper noun

DWB

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