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語源

Probably from Japanese シャブ (“stimulant: amphetamine, methamphetamine”), in turn possibly from the verb しゃぶる (shaburu, “to suck on something”), from the way that the addictiveness of the drugs sucks in the user.

名詞

shabu (uncountable)

1. (slang, Southeast Asia, chiefly Indonesia and Philippines) Methedrine; methamphetamine.
   • 1997, Alfred A. Yuson, FVR, Sin, Erap, Jawô and other peeves, Anvil Books:

     […] burning or hammer-smashing of confiscated paraphernalia, however these be illegal — such as marijuana, plastic bags of shabu, pinball machines, video arcade equipment — since such acts of showmanship only lend themselves to media […]

   • 2017 August 1, Mario Casayuran, “Customs payola: P147 B?”, in Manila Bulletin:

     […] some P6.4 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu was slipped passed the BOC through its automated classification system.

参考

• shabu-shabu (also from Japanese; possibly etymologically related)

アナグラム

• Busha, Shaub, bahus, habus, subah