-fish

Back-formation from catfish.

-fish (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -fishes, present participle -fishing, simple past and past participle -fished)

1. (neologism) Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.
   • 2024 August 10, Deirdre Bardolf, anonymous quotee, “What is 'hoodfishing'? The sneaky new trend singles are trying to cast a wider net in NYC”, in New York Post‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 September 2024:

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

   • 2024 August 29, Gina Cherelus, “The Irresistible Urge to Change Your Location on a Dating App”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 October 2024:

     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.

Appearing in Old Albanian as -fijesh, ablative plural of fill (“thread”).^[1]

-fish

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