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The other day on the train I saw this advertisement for some tabloid, with
headlines all over it, as they do:

![シ●ブ愛人](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yXhPD.jpg)

I'm trying to figure out what `シ●ブ愛人{あいじん}` is. `忍{しのぶ}愛人{あいじん}`? "Sneaky
lover"? Assuming `忍{しのぶ}` to be something like the "clandestine" definition
used in `忍者{にんじゃ}`, and not the [species of
fern](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%8E%E3%83%96). Though,
"fern lover" would be kind of interesting.

What is a `シ●ブ愛人`? And why is it censored?
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What is シ●ブ, and why is it censored？
シャブ is common slang for crystal methamphetamine.

Regular newspapers usually use the more politically-correct 覚醒剤【かくせいざい】, which
literally means "stimulant drug", but nearly always refer to methamphetamine
or cocaine. This being a tabloid (and perhaps because the term is a little
more specific), they went with the stronger word シャブ, but out of that [typical
faux-coyness about "loaded" terms in Japanese
media](http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/4845/odio/kinku.html) (*), opted
to censor it.

As for the wider context, it's a bit off-topic, but:

Famous 80s artist ASKA was [recently arrested for possession and use of said
stimulants](http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140527/k10014750641000.html).
The ~~恋人~~ 愛人 part probably refers to the "friend"/"girlfriend" (didn't follow
the details too closely) that was charged alongside him (and whose house would
have apparently been used to store and consume the narcotics).

*: Apparently, it's really bad if kids get to see a slang term for drug spelt out on a subway ad, but totally fine if they get their fill of half-naked, boob-cupping, barely-legal models on the same ad.
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