SWMS, or Scared White Man Syndrome, affects close to 80,000,000 middle-class, anglo-American men, and smaller populations of minorities who share the same cultural identity and SES. It is characterized by an irrational obsession with home security and the safety of personal items, in addition to common symptoms of anxiety in the presence of a lower-class individuals.

Common signs that a man has SWMS: concealed carry permits, advanced home security systems, locking the car doors when driving through lower class neighborhoods, etc.

SWMS by legophile November 30, 2010

Related Words

swmsa • SWM (Single White MAGA) • SWM

SWMs

Pronounced like swims, Straight White Men (specifically cis-gender men)

The music industry is run by SWMs

SWMs by RATATATATATATATA TA TA September 1, 2021

swmsa

Sex with me So Amazing

SWMSA: A line from the Rihanna song ‘Sex with Me’ off the ‘Anti’ album

swmsa by mickeydonald May 27, 2021

SWM's

an abbreviation for straight white men.

"I'm so tired of swm's having control over everything -_-;"

SWM's by shinjikinnie123 July 8, 2021

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

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hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

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God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

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city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

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