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wokefishing

wokefishing is the present participle and gerund of wokefish.

Meaning of wokefish

Verb

wokefish (third-person singular simple present wokefishes, present participle wokefishing, simple past and past participle wokefished)

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To pretend to be woke on an online platform to deceive (someone).
    • Wokefishing notwithstanding, Layla told Vice she isn’t optimistic about the prospects of dating outside of political bubbles.2020 July 30, Ben Cost, “‘Wokefish’ dating trend: Shady men are pretending to be progressive on apps”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2020

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Noun

wokefishing (countable and uncountable, plural wokefishings)

  1. The activity of to wokefish

Forms of wokefishing

pluralwokefishings

Origin of wokefishing

From wokefish + -ing.

Questions about wokefishing

What does wokefishing mean?
Wokefishing means the activity of to wokefish.
What is wokefishing the present participle and gerund of?
Wokefishing is the present participle and gerund of wokefish.
What part of speech is wokefishing?
Wokefishing is a noun.
What is the plural of wokefishing?
The plural of wokefishing is wokefishings.

Words near wokefishing in the dictionary

  1. wokefest
  2. wokefests
  3. wokefish
  4. wokefished
  5. wokefishes
  6. wokefishing
  7. Wokeipedia
  8. wokeish
  9. wokeism
  10. wokeisms
  11. wokeist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wokefishing (page history and authors); wokefish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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