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maskfish

maskfish verb: to wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.

Verb

maskfish (third-person singular simple present maskfishes, present participle maskfishing, simple past and past participle maskfished)

  1. (slang) To wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.

Forms of maskfish

third-person singular presentmaskfishes
present participlemaskfishing
past participlemaskfished
pastmaskfished

Origin of maskfish

Blend of mask + catfish, equivalent to mask + -fish. Introduced around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when masks were common.

Questions about maskfish

What does maskfish mean?
Maskfish means to wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.
What part of speech is maskfish?
Maskfish is a verb.
What is the past tense of maskfish?
The past tense of maskfish is maskfished.

Words near maskfish in the dictionary

  1. maskers
  2. maskery
  3. Maskes
  4. maskette
  5. maskettes
  6. maskfish
  7. maskfished
  8. maskfishes
  9. maskfishing
  10. maskful
  11. maskfuls

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