blackfishing

Verb (1)

blackfish (third-person singular simple present blackfishes, present participle blackfishing, simple past and past participle blackfished)

1. To go fishing for blackfish.
   • Earlier (Caldwell and Caldwell 1971a), we concentrated on the blackfishing at St. Vincent, the fishery with which we were most familiar, and listed known localities of fishing for blackfish and other species in the southern Caribbean.1975, Canada. Fisheries, Marine Service, Review of Biology and Fisheries for Smaller Cetaceans, page 1106

Verb (2)

blackfish (third-person singular simple present blackfishes, present participle blackfishing, simple past and past participle blackfished)

1. (Internet, derogatory) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
   • Judging from not only various records of campus life but also the numerous Instagram accounts of women appearing as "black" personalities — a phenomenon known as "blackfishing" — many do not know better.2019 February 7, Wil Haygood, “Why Won’t Blackface Go Away? It’s Part of America’s Troubled Cultural Legacy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019

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