What does "dwb" mean?

Initialism of driving while black (or brown): a sarcastic reference to racial profiling by police investigating driving offences.

What is a synonym for "dwb"?

Common synonyms include: driving while black.

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Initialism of driving while black (or brown): a sarcastic reference to racial profiling by police investigating driving offences. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"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. . . ."

"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. . . ."

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.