boba liberal

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boba liberal

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A reference to boba tea, a drink popular in Asian American communities.

noun boba liberals

  1. US, derogatory A liberal-leaning Asian American with politics or attitudes considered too tepid or whitewashed by other Asian Americans, stereotyped as focusing on superficial gestures over more meaningful actions especially in regards to Asian American activism. I am admittedly vocal about my obsession with bubble tea; in fact, the editors of the Grub Street piece had cut several other mentions of it, on the ground that it was boba overkill. I also write for a mainstream, left-leaning American publication, and it’s true that I once wrote a Profile of the “C

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@misc{boba_liberal_2026,
  title = {boba liberal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boba%20liberal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}