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SWMBO = "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (generally referring to a wife or girlfriend)
Pronunciation "Swim-bou"
Henry Rider Haggard wrote "She" in 1885.
The subject is a woman named Ayesha who lived for over two thousand years. She ruled a tribe who were forbidden to call her by her real name. "She" had the power of life and death over her subjects, therefore "She" was most often referred to as "'She', who must be obeyed".
"She who must be obeyed" was also referred to in the "Epic of Gilgamesh". This is supposedly the oldest story known to exist and approximately 5000 years old. It appears that men feared their women-folk even back then!
Later, Rumpole (the British TV show character), popularised the term, often referring to his wife as SWMBO.
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