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語源

From Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “tapioca pearls” [literally: “big balls]”), from 波 (bo1) (itself from English ball) and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈboʊ.bə/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.bə/

名詞

boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)

1. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
   • 2024 September 16, Priya Krishna, “The Customized Drink Is Out of Control”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 October 2024:

     She settled on the Chai Frappé Burst, a frozen, blended concoction with whipped cream, boba and cinnamon sugar sprinkles.

2. Ellipsis of boba tea.
   • 2021 April 16, Kellen Browning, “Another Unlikely Pandemic Shortage: Boba Tea”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 April 2021:

     “I was shocked,” said Leanne Yuen, a longtime boba drinker and a student at the University of California, Irvine. “What am I going to do now?”

   • 2026 August 15, Irene Adeline Milanez, “We tasted boba from some of the Bay Area’s most popular chains. Here’s our No. 1”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎, archived from the original on 16 August 2026:

     Taiwanese tea houses invented boba in the 1980s, combining tea, milk, sweetener and ice with tapioca pearls prized for their springy “QQ” texture.

3. (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:breasts

派生語

参考

参照

• “boba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

アナグラム

• abob, boab