hoodfish
hoodfish verb: to pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.
Verb
hoodfish (third-person singular simple present hoodfishes, present participle hoodfishing, simple past and past participle hoodfished)
- To pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.
- The term gained popularity due to comedian Jared Freid, who highlighted the trend on TikTok. Many users have shared their experiences of being “hoodfished,” leading to unexpected distances between themselves and their online dates.2024 August 14, Gali Raz, “Hoodfishing: The Dating Trend of Lying About Living in Big Cities Like NYC”, in Jewish Business News, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2024
Forms of hoodfish
| third-person singular present | hoodfishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | hoodfishing |
| past participle | hoodfished |
| past | hoodfished |
Origin of hoodfish
From hood (“clipping of neighborhood”) + -fish.
Questions about hoodfish
- What does hoodfish mean?
- Hoodfish means to pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.
- What part of speech is hoodfish?
- Hoodfish is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hoodfish?
- The past tense of hoodfish is hoodfished.
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