Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-fish

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.90 in modern English

Syllables: -fish
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.

Example Sentences

""As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another."
"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."

Etymology

Back-formation from catfish.

Inflected Forms

-fishes (present, singular) -fishing (participle, present) -fished (participle, past) -fished (past)

Frequently Paired Words

blackfish catfish kittenfish sadfish wokefish

Questions

What does -fish mean?: Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.
Where does -fish come from?: Back-formation from catfish.

How to pronounce -fish

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