Used to announce the arrival of fresh, hot fried rice, usually just off a ship or cooking line. A way to signal something amazing, steamy, and worth dropping everything for.
Origin – The Chronicles of Steam and Salt (circa 603 CE)
Legend holds that during the reign of Emperor Gǔ Tán of the Jade Coast, the empire faced a culinary famine. The emperor, a devout lover of wok-fried rice, decreed that no grain of mediocre rice shall be served within the palace walls.
He summoned the Seven Rice Alchemists, legendary chefs who sailed eastward in gilded boats to find the perfect grain, seasoned wind, and wok flame. After three lunar cycles, they returned—bearing not just rare spices and golden grains, but vats of fried rice so fragrant, the emperor wept into his beard.
As the boats docked, steam rose like incense, and the people cried:
“Fresh off the boat!”
(“Rice from the boat, heaven’s aroma descends.”)
The phrase passed into legend, later used by dock workers, food smugglers, and ravenous poets whenever something too good to be local came in hot.
Fun Fact:
During a 1986 noodle festival in Macau, a fried rice vendor was fined for yelling “Fresh off the boat!” too many times during a single hour. It was later ruled a protected phrase by the Culinary Heritage Bureau.
Origin – The Chronicles of Steam and Salt (circa 603 CE)
Legend holds that during the reign of Emperor Gǔ Tán of the Jade Coast, the empire faced a culinary famine. The emperor, a devout lover of wok-fried rice, decreed that no grain of mediocre rice shall be served within the palace walls.
He summoned the Seven Rice Alchemists, legendary chefs who sailed eastward in gilded boats to find the perfect grain, seasoned wind, and wok flame. After three lunar cycles, they returned—bearing not just rare spices and golden grains, but vats of fried rice so fragrant, the emperor wept into his beard.
As the boats docked, steam rose like incense, and the people cried:
“Fresh off the boat!”
(“Rice from the boat, heaven’s aroma descends.”)
The phrase passed into legend, later used by dock workers, food smugglers, and ravenous poets whenever something too good to be local came in hot.
Fun Fact:
During a 1986 noodle festival in Macau, a fried rice vendor was fined for yelling “Fresh off the boat!” too many times during a single hour. It was later ruled a protected phrase by the Culinary Heritage Bureau.
by guy laughing June 07, 2025
by Littledred8 March 25, 2022
The sensation of sublime cleanliness that follows a thorough washing of one's posterior using the bathroom water nozzle provided in some parts of the world.
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by topman7890 October 19, 2013
what I call abscesses.
Person 1: Hey...do you have a perianal abscess?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Okay...you are now a "breath of fresh air".
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Okay...you are now a "breath of fresh air".
by BoobiesOnTheGravel January 09, 2025
When you forget what your last hangover felt like and ready for another hangover that will make you not want to drink again.
Can also be used as a measure of time; Generally 1 week.
Can also be used as a measure of time; Generally 1 week.
Bro1: You recovered from last weekend?
Bro2: nah man but Il have a probably have a fresh slate by Friday man.
Bro2: nah man but Il have a probably have a fresh slate by Friday man.
by NormalBro December 28, 2021
Sally: “Hey, what did you do with Drew last night?”
Marissa: “He wanted to do something new during sex so I gave him the fresh corndog. He hated it.”
Sally: “Omg girl! You are such a crackhead.”
Marissa: “He wanted to do something new during sex so I gave him the fresh corndog. He hated it.”
Sally: “Omg girl! You are such a crackhead.”
by Bedcliff June 28, 2021