One of the origin story of the term links to a once-popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip[1], who was known for her cup size and sexy appearances in movies. The "nickname" 波霸, roughly translated to "Boobs overlord" in English, or transliterated to "Boba" (sounds similar in both Cantonese and Mandarin), was given to her by the media.
It was said that one bubble tea maker in Taiwan made large tapioca bubbles to put in milk tea, when tiny bubbles were used in milk tea at the time, and he named it "Boba tea", associating the relatively huge size of his bubbles with the actress well-known body feature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Yip
Nah this is perfect
They knew
Do they tho?
they know their customers :3
Actually from webcomic "kawaii not"
Oh cool, love to start getting daily reposts, it's just like we're on reddit
First time seeing this.
Don't make the same mistake Reddit did. Not all of us are degens on here 24/7.
As a degen who is on here 24/7, even we can't see everything. And also I have memory like a sieve.
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Lemmy is just Reddit with a tenth the userbase and political takes that are somehow even worse (now with 500% more bothsidesism!)
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100% intentional.
https://i.imgur.com/fgOoCRd.png
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Fun fact, Boba Tea is from Taiwan and means "big breasts".
No it doesn't. It means "pearl milk tea" or "bubble tea".
One of the origin story of the term links to a once-popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip[1], who was known for her cup size and sexy appearances in movies. The "nickname" 波霸, roughly translated to "Boobs overlord" in English, or transliterated to "Boba" (sounds similar in both Cantonese and Mandarin), was given to her by the media.
It was said that one bubble tea maker in Taiwan made large tapioca bubbles to put in milk tea, when tiny bubbles were used in milk tea at the time, and he named it "Boba tea", associating the relatively huge size of his bubbles with the actress well-known body feature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Yip
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Woah is that Ugly Americans?
No translator needed. Just any 13 year old kid.