catfished

Verb (1)

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

1. (intransitive) To fish for catfish.
   • I only use this rod for catfishing.

Verb (2)

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

1. (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
   • Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members.2013 January 17, Mary Pilon, “In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2020

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