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to brew booch

to brew booch

9.9
To make kombucha at home by letting sweet tea ferment and become fizzy
  • phrasal verb
  • /bruː buːtʃ/
  • Slang
translation icon : fermentar kombucha
  • I'm going to brew booch this weekend using a new pineapple recipe.

Examples

  • Every Sunday, she likes to brew booch with her friends in the kitchen.

  • Have you ever brewed booch before?

  • Many people started to brew booch at home during the pandemic.

  • I love to brew booch in my kitchen.

  • Every Sunday, she likes to brew booch with her friends in the kitchen.

  • I'm going to brew booch this weekend using a new pineapple recipe.

  • Many people started to brew booch at home during the pandemic.

Surface Forms

brew booch infinitive
brewed booch past
brewed booch past participle
brewing booch present participle
brews booch third person singular

Morphology

brew + booch

The meaning 'to make kombucha' is directly and compositionally derived from 'brew' (to make by brewing/steeping) plus 'booch' (a tea-based effervescent drink). The verb+noun pattern is a standard English combination, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE meaning even if 'booch' is informal.

Etymology

The verb brew booch combines brew (to make tea or beer) and booch (a friendly short form of 'kombucha'). So imagine making sweet tea and leaving a living culture to turn it fizzy on your kitchen counter, which is why it means 'to make kombucha at home'.