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Chadfish

Chadfish verb: to catfish someone (typically a woman) by creating a fake online profile posing as an attractive man.

Verb

Chadfish (third-person singular simple present Chadfishes, present participle Chadfishing, simple past and past participle Chadfished)

  1. (incel slang) To catfish someone (typically a woman) by creating a fake online profile posing as an attractive man.
    • That one where you chadfished a girl in the mall and made her walk in circles is still the best2021, anonymous, quoted in Kristine Øgsnes, "'There’s No Self-Improvement for Subhumans': Håpløshet og fortvilelse som sosialt lærte holdninger blant incels", thesis submitted to the Norwegian...
    • In response to this post, Incels.is members expressed admiration for this Incel and diminished the intelligence of the woman he Chadfished.2024 January 3, Alyssa J. Davis, Heather Hensman Kettrey, “Undoing Violence in the Manosphere: Incels' Disengagement from Extremism in Digital Free Space”, in Mobilization: An International...

Noun

Chadfish (plural Chadfish or Chadfishes)

  1. (incel slang) An account or persona used for this purpose.
    • his chadfish are god tier blackpill. ensuring many keks at foid suffering2021, anonymous, quoted in Kristine Øgsnes, "'There’s No Self-Improvement for Subhumans': Håpløshet og fortvilelse som sosialt lærte holdninger blant incels", thesis submitted to the Norwegian...
    • i dump stacy on my chadfish account months later she texts me she wants to marry me and get back together2021, anonymous, quoted in Eirik Sande, "Verdiløse menn-en: kvalitativ studie av kjønn, erotisk kapital og fellesskap blant incels på internett", thesis submitted to the Norwegian University of...

Examples of Chadfish in a sentence

  • Incels Chadfish by creating fake dating app profiles using pictures of extremely attractive men.2024, Michael Halpin, "Are you an NPC?: The Stigmatization of Facts and Knowledge in Right-Wing Online Communities", research paper...
  • In response to User 8's post, User 35 states, "your Chadfish would have had taken the virginity of a dozen women by the end of high school.2022 December, Michael Halpin, anonymous quotee, “Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women”, in Gender &...

Forms of Chadfish

Verb
third-person singular presentChadfishes
present participleChadfishing
past participleChadfished
pastChadfished
alternative formchadfish
Noun
pluralChadfish
pluralChadfishes

Origin of Chadfish

Blend of Chad (“an attractive man”) + catfish (“to create and operate a fake online profile to deceive”), equivalent to Chad + -fish.

Questions about Chadfish

What does Chadfish mean?
Chadfish means to catfish someone (typically a woman) by creating a fake online profile posing as an attractive man.
How do you use Chadfish in a sentence?
Incels Chadfish by creating fake dating app profiles using pictures of extremely attractive men.
What part of speech is Chadfish?
Chadfish can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of Chadfish?
The past tense of Chadfish is Chadfished.

Words near Chadfish in the dictionary

  1. CHAdeMO
  2. chader
  3. chaders
  4. Chadette
  5. Chadettes
  6. Chadfish
  7. Chadfished
  8. Chadfishing
  9. Chadha
  10. Chadhas
  11. Chadian

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