-fish
Suffix
Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.
Usage- morpheme
- neologism
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"As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another.
More examples (1)
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.
Word forms
-fishes-fishing-fished-fished