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What is "DW"? What Does DW Stand For?

By Paul Gil, About.com

Question: What is "DW"? What Does DW Stand For?
Answer: DW commonly stands for "Dear Wife" or "Darling Wife", a form of written digital affection in the 21st century. e.g. "I need to go pickup my DW from work, brb". "My DW made some angel food cake for my birthday".

DW has many related abbreviations:

Other common abbreviations used by the same online authors include:

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