Chadfish

C3H4A1D2F4I1S1H4

verb

To catfish someone (typically a woman) by creating a fake online profile posing as an attractive man.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbChadfish (third-person singular simple present Chadfishes, present participle Chadfishing, simple past and past participle Chadfished)

present singular third person Chadfishes · participle present Chadfishing · participle past Chadfished · past Chadfished · alternative chadfish

  1. incel slangTo catfish someone (typically a woman) by creating a fake online profile posing as an attractive man.

    That one where you chadfished a girl in the mall and made her walk in circles is still the best

    2021, anonymous, quoted in Kristine Øgsnes, "'There’s No Self-Improvement for Subhumans': Håpløshet og fortvilelse som sosialt lærte holdninger blant incels", thesis submitted to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, page 36
    2 more examples

    In response to this post, Incels.is members expressed admiration for this Incel and diminished the intelligence of the woman he Chadfished.

    2024 January 3, Alyssa J. Davis, Heather Hensman Kettrey, “Undoing Violence in the Manosphere: Incels' Disengagement from Extremism in Digital Free Space”, in Mobilization: An International Quarterly, volume 28, number 4

    Incels Chadfish by creating fake dating app profiles using pictures of extremely attractive men.

    2024, Michael Halpin, "Are you an NPC?: The Stigmatization of Facts and Knowledge in Right-Wing Online Communities", research paper published on SocArXiv, page 29
nounChadfish (plural Chadfish or Chadfishes)

plural Chadfishes · alternative chadfish

  1. incel slangAn account or persona used for this purpose.

    his chadfish are god tier blackpill. ensuring many keks at foid suffering

    2021, anonymous, quoted in Kristine Øgsnes, "'There’s No Self-Improvement for Subhumans': Håpløshet og fortvilelse som sosialt lærte holdninger blant incels", thesis submitted to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, page 36
    2 more examples

    i dump stacy on my chadfish account months later she texts me she wants to marry me and get back together

    2021, anonymous, quoted in Eirik Sande, "Verdiløse menn-en: kvalitativ studie av kjønn, erotisk kapital og fellesskap blant incels på internett", thesis submitted to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, page ii

    In response to User 8's post, User 35 states, "your Chadfish would have had taken the virginity of a dozen women by the end of high school. Fresh pussy, untouched by work or duty."

    2022 December 29, Michael Halpin, anonymous quotee, “Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women”, in Gender & Society, volume 36, number 6, page 824

Origin

Blend of Chad (“an attractive man”) + catfish (“to create and operate a fake online profile to deceive”), equivalent to Chad + -fish.

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