Meaning of -fish | Babel Free

Definitions

Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.

morpheme, neologism

Examples

“"As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another.”

“According to Jared Freid, a 39-year-old comedian and co-host of the dating podcast "U Up?," this is known as hoodfishing, a coinage — though not his own — referring to people claiming to be from the city they are dating in but really are living somewhere else entirely.”

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