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fish hook theory

fish hook theory is the alternative form of fishhook theory.

Meaning of fishhook theory

Noun

fishhook theory (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The theory, sometimes suggested by socialist activists, that centrists and the "far right" are politically allied.
    • I don't quite understand what the fish hook theory is supposed to say. Are centrists the same as the far right, but the moderate right is something else? That makes no sense.2021 June 21, u/MisterPyromaniac, “Fish hook theory is cringe”, in Reddit, r/PoliticalCompassMemes, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025

Questions about fish hook theory

What is fish hook theory the alternative form of?
Fish hook theory is the alternative form of fishhook theory.

Words near fish hook theory in the dictionary

  1. fish hawks
  2. fish head
  3. fish heads
  4. Fish Hoek
  5. fish hook
  6. fish hook theory
  7. fish hooks
  8. fish horn
  9. fish horns
  10. fish house
  11. fish houses

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