-fish
Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.
Suffix
- Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.
- "As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another. - 2024 August 10, Deirdre Bardolf, anonymous quotee, “What is 'hoodfishing'? The sneaky new trend singles are...
- 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...
Origin
Back-formation from catfish.