shabu
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
shabu (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 edit
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shabu
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Romanization edit
shabu
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese Hepburn romaji 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 edit
shabú (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)
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Further reading edit
- “shabu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018