Boba

A term of endearment, something to call a beloved bro, brother, shlime, or companion.

Shut up, Boba.

by MargaretThatch November 21, 2023

BOBA

Acronym for "Boy on Boy Action," usually referring to East Asian influenced gay literature such as yaoi, BL, and danmei.

YC: "Do you like BOBA? 👀"
ERS: "The drink or...?"
YC: "The other BOBA."
ERS: "Yeah, ofc. 👀 Got any recs?"

by the boba connoisseur April 22, 2024

Boba

Black octopus ball asshole

Girl: Did you drink boba today?
Guy: No, I did not have Black octopus ball asshole.

by Cylum August 6, 2025

boba eyes

irises so dark and big they look like boba pearls. popularized by fans of NCT’s Lee Taeyong.

Taeyongs iris looks like boba pearls. He is the only one with boba eyes!

by tyongf March 18, 2021

Boba Fett Syndrome

When a minor character in a film or tv series with little screen time becomes one of the most beloved characters in the show/movie. Its name originates from the character Boba Fett from Star Wars who, despite having little screen time, very few lines and a disappointingly lame death in the original trilogy, gained a cult following and is by far one of the coolest characters in the Star Wars universe.

Brunhilda: "Daryl is my favorite character in the Walking Dead! So bad ass"

Frankie: "lol...Boba Fett Syndrome..."

by Jesus Christ $uperstar August 18, 2012

boba liberal

A boba liberal is usually an upper middle class East or Southeast Asian living in the West, typically in the United State or Canada, who identifies as a liberal. However their association with liberal ideology and liberalism is simply a means to increase their proximity to whiteness or to pretend to be white themselves. Boba liberals use their Asianness to speak on behalf of the Asian population in the West, using talking points created by white liberals, which has a tendency to gaslight actual issues faced by the Asian diaspora. The Asian identity of boba liberals is very shallow since it goes directly against their goal of aspiring to whiteness, so they use surface level stereotypical Asian traits such as "liking boba tea" to boaster their Asian credentials. Liking boba tea does not require much personal investment since many people like boba tea and is a fairly harmless non-opinion to take unlike, for example, "the United States should not interfere in China's domestic affairs," or "Asians suffer from systemic bipartisan conservative as well as liberal racism."

Mainstream Asian Liberalism is like boba tea, all sugar, no substance, hence "boba liberalism."

by SeoyeonlovesDan December 8, 2019

Boba Liberal

An middle/upper middle class Asian person (often woman) who has little connection to Asian culture except for superficial things (like Boba, hence the name), and tends to lean towards self-hating, progressive ideas and see's dating white people as "leveling up". They want to be white, but when the time comes they pull out their "I'm Asian" card to speak on behalf of the entire Asian diaspora which are often white, liberal talking points that just further piss off other Asians.

She's always bringing up white privilege and white supremacy but she only dates white guys, what's up with that?

She sounds like a boba liberal.

by 360plyr135 August 13, 2020