shabu
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
Definition of shabu
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Indonesia, Philippines, slang, uncountable)Methedrine; methamphetamine.
“[…] 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 […]”
“[…] some P6.4 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu was slipped passed the BOC through its automated classification system.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Probably 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.
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