hoodfish

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verb

To pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.

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Meanings

verbhoodfish (third-person singular simple present hoodfishes, present participle hoodfishing, simple past and past participle hoodfished)

present singular third person hoodfishes · participle present hoodfishing · participle past hoodfished · past hoodfished

  1. neologismTo pretend to be from a city that one is dating in.

    The term gained popularity due to comedian Jared Freid, who highlighted the trend on TikTok. Many users have shared their experiences of being “hoodfished,” leading to unexpected distances between themselves and their online dates.

    2024 August 14, Gali Raz, “Hoodfishing: The Dating Trend of Lying About Living in Big Cities Like NYC”, in Jewish Business News, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2024

Origin

From hood (“clipping of neighborhood”) + -fish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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