SWMBO. It's pronounced 'swimbo'. While we might be able to take credit for the initialism and pronunciation, the phrase is actually a phrase Idj first heard and read in the John Mortimer series 'Rumpole of the Bailey'. In it, Rumpole refers to his wife as 'She Who Must Be Obeyed', and, yes, you can hear the capitalization just as Idj wrote it.
See here http://www.idjit.net/swmbo.html
Idj's journal is here http://www.itsamystery.ca/journal/
My first use of SWIMBO came from Ian Warden in the Canberra Times who coined the term SISWO. Which means she who is sometimes obeyed. I altered it to SWIMBO. And yes I do remember Rumpole's usage, but didn't connect it at the time.
Anyway, I have used SWIMBO for about 12 years now.
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