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English Etymology en catfish. Suffix en neologism Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app. Deirdre Bardolf anonymous What is 'hoodfishing'? The sneaky new trend singles are trying to cast a wider net in NYC https://web.archive.org/web/20240917190146/https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/us-news/what-is-hoodfishing-the-sneaky-new-trend-singles-are-trying-to-cast-a-wider-net-in-nyc/ 10 August 2024 "As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another. Gina Cherelus The Irresistible Urge to Change Your Location on a Dating App https://web.archive.org/web/20241007094912/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/style/dating-apps-locations.html 29 August 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. Derived terms en Related terms en blackfish catfish kittenfish sadfish wokefish Albanian Etymology Appearing in Old Albanian as sq -fijesh, ablative plural of sq fill thread. 97 fill Suffix sq suffix sq sq dyfish sq trefish References