sambo

Swedish word for a live-in boyfriend/girlfriend, or for a commonlaw partner.

This is Ingrid, she's my sambo...

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sambo

"Sambos" was the name of a U.S. chain of breakfast houses, similar to IHOP. Once ubiquitous, only one store remains - the original restaurant in Santa Barbara, California, from which the chain sprang. When the owners discovered a book entitled "Little Black Sambo" written by Hellen Bartrum in 1899, in which an East-Indian child is chased in a circle by a tiger until the tiger turns into butter, they decided it was a perfect match, and Sambos restaurants thereafter featured conspicuously mounted placards telling the story, and ultimately relating the butter to the blobs of whipped butter served on Sambo's pancakes.

Whether the chain closed because of concerns relating to "political correctness" is unknown to this author.

You know that Chinese Buffet up on Lakeway Drive? That used to be a Sambos, years ago.

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sambo

In modern times, most people know this word indirectly from Helen Bannerman's "The Story of Little Black Sambo", not directly from slave references as several have incorrectly mentioned here. It is controversial because some people feel it was racially motivated.

"The Story of Little Black Sambo"

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Sambos

Lesbians you meet at Sams Club... not to be confused with HoDos (lesbians you meet at Home Depot, Gymbos (lesbians you meet at the gym), DoPos (lesbians you meet at the dog park), Drumbos (lesbians you meet in a drum circle), or Dildos (lesbians who "pack").

I met a couple of Sambos yesterday, while stocking up on cat litter.

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sambo

From Swedish:
1. n. a person to whom one is in a serious, committed, cohabiting relationship.

2. adj. describing a couple which is committed and cohabitating but remaining unmarried.

"Sara is more than my girlfriend, she is my sambo."

"I moved in with Sara, so now we are sambo."

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sambo

this word is like nigger. it is a derogitive word for a black person, popularised by the 70's british tv show love thy neighbour.
can also mean a black doll similar to a gollywog.

"Listen Jamal, I like you but what's the missus gonna say when she finds out we've got sambo's living next door?"

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sambo

Adj. A describing word. used to catergorize certain ethnic groups

Sambo was a lazy coon,
who went to slepp in the afternoon,
so tired was he,
Oh! So tired was he,
he was lying on his back when along came a bee,
a fucking great bumble bee etc.

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