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boba

[ boh-buh ]

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noun

Also bo·ba tea []. bubble tea ( def ).
(often used with a plural verb) large, round pearls of tapioca, usually boiled in a sweetened syrup and served in bubble tea.

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Origin of boba¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; said to be from a dialectal Chinese source akin to Cantonese bo baa or Mandarin ��ō��à “tapioca pearl,” colloquially, “big-breasted woman,” equivalent to Cantonese bo “ball, breast” (from English ball ¹( def ) ) + baa “overlord, tyrant”

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“When I was a kid,” Preissner said, “we used to have these flipbooks split into three parts. You could put Boba Fett’s head on C3PO’s waist, with R2-D2’s legs, and then flip them around. For a builder doing architecture for residential clients, that’s just what happens.”

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“Everybody would be quiet and say, ‘OK, Boba, sing for us,’ ” Townsend said.

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I get boba grass jelly and aloe vera in it, 50% sweet, regular ice.

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Wu’s crime head is suave, but the main memorable thing about him is he likes to sip boba in slow motion.

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At a boba shop in West Hollywood, he pulled me into his tall, lean frame.

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