shabu
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably 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
editshabu (uncountable)
- (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
edit- shabu-shabu (also from Japanese; possibly etymologically related)
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editshabu
Japanese
editRomanization
editshabu
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Japanese shabu, the Hepburn romaji of シャブ (shabu, “stimulant”) (cf. Indonesian sabu). From the 1980s.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʃaˈbu/ [ʃɐˈbu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: sha‧bu
Noun
editshabú (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓ)
- (informal) methedrine; methamphetamine; crystal meth
- 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.
- (slang) ya ba (tablet containing a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine)
Derived terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “shabu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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