dogfishing

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noun

A dating trend where people, often to get more matches on dating apps, use photos with cute dogs, even though the pet isn't theirs.

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Meanings

noundogfishing (usually uncountable, plural dogfishings)

plural dogfishings

  1. InternetuncountableusuallyA dating trend where people, often to get more matches on dating apps, use photos with cute dogs, even though the pet isn't theirs.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dogfish

Origin

Fashioned after catfishing.

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APA

dogfishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfishing

MLA

“dogfishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfishing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogfishing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfishing.

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