starbs

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of English Starbucks. For the sense “copying”, Starbucks is a coffeehouse serving coffee, and coffee is homophonic to copy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈstaɾbs/ [ʔɪsˈt̪aɹbs]
• Rhymes: -aɾbs
• Syllabification: starbs

Noun

starbs (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)

1. Starbucks
2. (dated) copying

Usage notes

• For sense “copying”, mostly used by young people belonging in the social upper class especially in Manila.