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TIL: When you call bubble tea "boba tea", you might want to know that "boba" is a slang term for a woman with big breasts.
That's because the tapioca balls/pearls in it were originally much smaller. When the larger ones were invented, they decided to go for a name that, uh, symbolizes their increased size, and chose the nickname of voluptuous sex symbol Amy Yip.
https://peertube.doesstuff.social/w/nRh7VKAXkBwsoGTg95N2nF
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amy_Yip&oldid=1317529925#Cultural_influence