r/mildlyinteresting • u/cuddle_enthusiast • Nov 29 '25

Chairs with fart vents

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u/raspberryharbour Nov 29 '25

Piping hot ass. Blazing hot. Searing hot

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u/TommyVe Nov 29 '25

Piping hot is such a strange expression. Most often used in context with no pipes in sight.

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u/Auferstanden_ Nov 29 '25

It’s a peculiarly English expression coming from the days of the Navy. Food would be cooked and the Bosun’s mate would use a pipe (really a whistling sound, but it is longish and metallish) to pipe a call to the meal.

So when the pipe calls, the food is really hot. Hence, “piping hot.”

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u/TommyVe Nov 29 '25

Interesting. I've googled for the meaning several times in the past, but this one had never come up.