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I......am an American FOB. What is a FOB?
Fresh off the boat (often abbreviated as F.O.B., FOB, F.O.T.B., FOTB, fobbish, freshie,boat, or fobbie) is a
slang phrase applied to people of foreign nationality who have arrived in a host nation as
tourists,
immigrants,
students, or, most commonly,
[citation needed] as
work permit applicants. The term is commonly applied to Eastern and Southern Pacific
Asians, as well as
South Asians, in the
United States,
Canada and
Australia, as well as to
Pacific Islanders in
Australia and
New Zealand. It was originally applied to
European immigrants to America who had just stepped off of ship
The term is commonly used when immigrants from a foreign nation have not yet
assimilated the host nation's
culture,
language, and behavior. Note that
assimilation to the host nation's
culture is not a certainty; there are historical examples of a foreign nation assimilating a host nation (ex.
Sinicization or
Romanization). FOBs tend to be identified by their
fashion, social preferences, behavior toward others, and
accents.
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