单词 | dwm |
释义 | > as lemmasDWM DWM n. originally U.S. (in personal advertisements) divorced white male. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > divorced person divorcee1814 ex1929 used-to-be1942 DWM1977 1977 Washingtonian Dec. 270/2 (advt.) DWM professional, successful..seeks affectionate shapely feminine woman. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Dec. d2 Suzanne Jacobs, a SWF, not only answered an ad placed by Alvin Maas, 56-year-old DWM, but she married him. 2008 Cape Argus (Nexis) 20 Sept. 11 Passionate open-minded DWM late 40s with no hang-ups or baggage. DWM DWM n. dead white male (also man); cf DWEM n. Π 1989 Rare Bks. & Manuscripts Librarianship Fall 124/2 Even among the ranks of the DWMs..we might..have allowed the publications of the early proponent of continental drift, Alfred Wegener, to fall..into the abyss of time. 1990 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Aug. a16 The humanities departments..which seek to free themselves from the ‘hegemony’ of Dead White Males (DWMs is the common reference). 2007 D. West Death of Grown-up (2008) viii. 149 DWMs are hangers-on in a new, multicultural pantheon. < as lemmas |
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