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shabu

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably ultimately 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.

Noun

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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.

See also

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

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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shabu

  1. (slang, drugs) Alternative form of sabu (methedrine; methamphetamine)

Japanese

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Romanization

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shabu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃぶ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of シャブ

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Japanese shabu, the Hepburn romaji of シャブ (shabu, stimulant) (cf. Indonesian sabu). From the 1980s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shabú (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓ)

  1. (informal) methedrine; methamphetamine; crystal meth
    Synonyms: agimat, bato
    • 2000, Tomas F. Agulto, Sa. Ba. Tri: sa masaganang milenyo, →ISBN:
      Nakakaramdam siya ng pagnanasa. Mas masidhi ang sumpong ng isang taong bitin o kulang sa sex. Lalo na kung kargado sa gamot o bumatak ng shabu. Tulad ngayong solong nagmumukmok ang kanyang laman.
      He has sexual desire toward her. The temperament of a person lacking in sex is more intense, especially when he is high on [illegal] drugs or he sniffed shabu, like right now, when his body is sulking solo.
    • 2017 July 11, Jamil Santos, '"4 na drug suspect na nanlaban daw sa mga pulis, patay sa buy-bust operation", GMA News
      Nakuha sa mga suspek ang cal .45 baril, tatlong improvised shotgun at mga sachet ng hinihinalang shabu, at marked money [...]
      [The police] confiscated a .45-caliber pistol, three improvised shotguns and sachets of suspected methamphetamine, and marked money from the suspects.
  2. (slang) ya ba (tablet containing a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • shabu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018