hoodfish

English

Etymology

From hood (“clipping of neighborhood”) +‎ -fish.

Verb

hoodfish (third-person singular simple present hoodfishes, present participle hoodfishing, simple past and past participle hoodfished)

  1. (neologism) To pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.
    • 2024 August 14, Gali Raz, “Hoodfishing: The Dating Trend of Lying About Living in Big Cities Like NYC”, in Jewish Business News‎[1], archived from the original on 17 September 2024:
      The term gained popularity due to comedian Jared Freid, who highlighted the trend on TikTok. Many users have shared their experiences of being “hoodfished,” leading to unexpected distances between themselves and their online dates.
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