hoodfishing

English

Etymology

From hoodfish +‎ -ing.

Noun

hoodfishing (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The act of pretending to be from a city that one is dating in.
    • 2024 August 10, Deirdre Bardolf, “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:
      If it take three trains or a “red eye” flight to get to the date, you know someone’s hoodfishing — a cousin to catfishing, in which someone makes a fake online persona to lure in romantic interests, he noted.
    • 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.
    • 2025 November, Chris Pleines, “Bumble Review November 2025”, in Dating Scout‎[3], archived from the original on 29 November 2025:
      On Bumble, virtual location hopping is common, and hoodfishing—when users seem local but are actually far away—can complicate your search for nearby matches. Be mindful and take extra steps to ensure the profiles you connect with are genuine.

Verb

hoodfishing

  1. present participle and gerund of hoodfish
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