A situation or circumstance which has already passed the point of no return; A turning point where decisions can no longer be made; Waiting too long and missing your chance at various opportunities
"She has a new boyfriend its too late man, that boat has left the port"; "Deadlines passed, the boat has left the port there's no way my application will be accepted now"
by TheJuliusPepperwood February 26, 2025
Get the Boat has left the portmug. 
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 7, 2025
Get the fresh off the boatmug. by geeked girl June 2, 2025
Get the Boatmug. by SusBoy69 August 10, 2022
Get the Banana Boatmug. Opposite of "blow goats." A state of bliss. Often used in conjunction with a reference to the classic television show Scooby-Doo. Synonymous with dope, fresh, fly, phat, chillwave and bro-core.
"That party on Friday is going glow boats."
"Say what you will about Tony Danza, dude glowed some serious boats on Who's the Boss."
"Say what you will about Tony Danza, dude glowed some serious boats on Who's the Boss."
by gfunkyauplikewut September 22, 2010
Get the glow boatsmug. 1. Internet Rapper and superstar under the sheets. Legend has it he is a subway thicc inside his trousers.
2. A boat that hasnt reached full maturity.
2. A boat that hasnt reached full maturity.
Jung Boat is a cool guy
Jung Boat is my spirit animal
Woah, Jung Boat has a massive wanger
And the Oscar goes toooo...... Jung Boat
Jung Boat is my spirit animal
Woah, Jung Boat has a massive wanger
And the Oscar goes toooo...... Jung Boat
by A guy with a tie July 28, 2019
Get the Jung Boatmug.