Meanings
- A surname.
According to Jared Freid, a 39-year-old comedian and co-host of the dating podcast "U Up?," this is known as hoodfishing, a coinage — though not his own — referring to people claiming to be from the city they are dating in but really are living somewhere else entirely.
2024 August 29, Gina Cherelus, “The Irresistible Urge to Change Your Location on a Dating App”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2024
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Freid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freid
“Freid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Freid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freid.
Source: Freid on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.