Acronym for She Who Must Be Obeyed. Term of endearment for one's wife/girlfriend (or resignation to the nature of your relationship).
The term originates from the H. Rider Haggard novel, "She" (first published 1886). The character Ayesha, known as She-who-must-be-obeyed, the Queen of Death, the White Goddess,of the lost city of Kôr who rules her kingdom with terror, She is the very image of the Femme Fatale. To disobey her or to scorn her is to earn & receive instantaneous death.
The term originates from the H. Rider Haggard novel, "She" (first published 1886). The character Ayesha, known as She-who-must-be-obeyed, the Queen of Death, the White Goddess,of the lost city of Kôr who rules her kingdom with terror, She is the very image of the Femme Fatale. To disobey her or to scorn her is to earn & receive instantaneous death.
I was going to terminate the squirrel I'd trapped, but SWMBO insisted that I release it in a nearby park.
by Andiceman October 27, 2010
by pink post it note July 3, 2005
Pronounced 'swimbo': 'she who must be obeyed'. Your wife, dumbnuts! She's the kind that makes you go to SOFEs 'significant-other forced events'!
by hammer---;, hytham April 11, 2007
Abbreviation for "She Who Must Be Obeyed"; used as shorthand for wife, girlfriend, etc. Usually pronounced "swim-bo".
by funkybside November 10, 2009
a controling female member of ones family who does not ask for taskes to be done but barks out orders. SWMBO stands for She Who Must Be Obeyed.
Clean your room barked swmbo
by unodostres123 August 22, 2010
Someone Who Might Be Oprah: Acronym for an unknown female that commands authority by sheer force of personality and status.
by ShouldBeOutside January 23, 2020