When an individual or individuals get into a disagreement or conflict over something that means absolutely nothing to them - it gets you nowhere fast
by Garolyn Caring June 13, 2024
Get the Paddle Boat Mentalitymug. by anonymous October 3, 2020
Get the Struggle boatmug. by geeked girl June 2, 2025
Get the 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. Stands for “buoyancy operative aquatic transporter.” Used to describe a small vessel propelled on water by oars, sails, or an engine.
by Urbanproffesor April 6, 2025
Get the Boatmug. 
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.