Boozing with good friends
by Matty14260 May 04, 2017
When you usually say “wheels off” in a restaurant but then the “walk- in door locks itself and you literally have to close down and take the door off it’s hinges to get in to the walk-in fridge.
I don’t know what happened at On The Border Sunday night. It’s doors off In that place! Here’s my two week notice!
by Lizease May 03, 2020
by Zoddy January 14, 2016
When you’re in a secret relationship and wanna say “I love you” but there’s family members or classmates around you say “wazz off”. It’s discrete and your relationship remains a secret.
*brother walks in room*
*you’re on the phone with your significant other and they’re about to leave*
You: “wazz off”
Significant other: “wazz off”
*you’re on the phone with your significant other and they’re about to leave*
You: “wazz off”
Significant other: “wazz off”
by Rami129 September 07, 2020
When in traffic, getting behind someone who isn't going when the light turns green; Get going; you're in my way; you're going too slow.
by Jeepsforever August 06, 2017
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