SWMBO
n.— «But to business. She Who Must Be Obeyed began with Soupe de Poisson Bretonne.…SWMBO and I can rarely agree about anything these days, so we settled for peaceful co-existence and a half bottle each to accompany our main courses.» —“L’Epicurien Advertising Supplement” by Geoffrey Kenihan Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia) Oct. 17, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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