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Bugger I have fallen over and now I have a swelbow!
Swelbow by Samofbev January 7, 2011
when you get tattooed on and around your elbow and it swells up and looks funny.
got my sleeve worked on last night, and got a serious case of swelbow.
swelbow by brendanisdead July 16, 2009
When a person has a sweaty elbow.

sweaty + elbow = swelbow
It's 83 degrees in here and I have major Swelbow! Its sliding all over my desk.

I'm gonna have to put gold bond on this swelbow of mine.

Im typing so quickly in this humid office, I am getting swelbow.
swelbow by Adnama yelnats May 27, 2008
The pointy elbow swole people develop. Start working out and you'll eventually get a swelbow.
A: Dude, I've been working for some time now and my elbow turned out all pointy!
B: Yeah man, you got a swelbow!
swelbow by LilBub July 9, 2020

Shelbows 

A continuation of the shoulders over the elbows. Similar to "cankles," but on the arm.

This phenomenon occurs when the fatty portion of the shoulder is too much to contain to the upper arm alone, thus it overlaps the elbow and continues on the forearm. It is possible for this to continue all the way to the hand, as with 'cankles.'
"Her shelbows looked like the end of a hot dog sticking out of the bun."
Shelbows by RachellaDiBeckius November 10, 2007
The part of the body that is located opposite the elbow at the angle where the radius and ulna bones in the forearm meet the humerus bone in the upper arm.
After I donated blood, a small bruise appeared on my smelbow.
smelbow by The Spect January 2, 2014
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