bubble tea

Bubble tea

Meaning

Noun

Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.

Origin

Phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 ("busty woman; tapioca pearl(s)"). The match is from the tapioca pearls' supposed resemblance to bubbles.

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