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Subject:     Re(2): nomenclature
From:        sgilbert@getty.edu (Samo)
Posted:      June 28, 2001 at 13:34:31
 
In Reply To: Re(1): nomenclature
             Posted by graphracker on June 26, 2001 at 12:59:13

Message:
I was wrong. It's neither Relaxation nor, as I claimed, Relaxstation. It's Relaxtation.
 
Boba is the Taiwanese word for "breasts," and the Chinese characters used to write "bo ba" merely approximate the Taiwanese pronunciation--they themselves mean "wave tyrant."
Link:        The truth
 

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