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Chadfishing

Chadfishing noun: the act of creating a fake online profile to catfish someone (typically a woman) by pretending to be an attractive man. Also the present participle and gerund of Chadfish.

Noun

Chadfishing (uncountable)

  1. (incel slang) The act of creating a fake online profile to catfish someone (typically a woman) by pretending to be an attractive man.
    • Chadfishing encapsulates the Incel worldview’s diagnosis of a hypocritical social environment which claims to believe in feminist, egalitarian principles but which in fact facilitates degenerate, looks-obsessed behaviour.2020, Henry S. Price, "Antifeminism in Neoliberalism: The Case of Incel", thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham, page 251
    • so i spent all night talking to this goody two shoes foid last night on my chadfishing account and heres what she admitted2021, 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...

Also used as

Chadfishing is also the present participle and gerund of Chadfish.

Examples of Chadfishing in a sentence

  • In a thread receiving more than 100 replies, User 8 shares screenshots from conversations with numerous women he is Chadfishing: When Chadfishing these girls are like slaves.2022 December, Michael Halpin, anonymous quotee, “Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women”, in Gender &...
  • The aim of 'Chadfishing' is to show that regardless of how terrible a man is, women will still be prepared to sleep with him because of how good-looking he is (see also Klee 2019).2023, Robert Lawson, Language and Mediated Masculinities: Cultures, Contexts, Constraints, page 133:

Origin of Chadfishing

From Chadfish + -ing.

Questions about Chadfishing

What does Chadfishing mean?
Chadfishing means the act of creating a fake online profile to catfish someone (typically a woman) by pretending to be an attractive man.
How do you use Chadfishing in a sentence?
In a thread receiving more than 100 replies, User 8 shares screenshots from conversations with numerous women he is Chadfishing: When Chadfishing these girls are like slaves.
What part of speech is Chadfishing?
Chadfishing is a noun.

Words near Chadfishing in the dictionary

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

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