maskfish

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verb

To wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.

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Meanings

verbmaskfish (third-person singular simple present maskfishes, present participle maskfishing, simple past and past participle maskfished)

present singular third person maskfishes · participle present maskfishing · participle past maskfished · past maskfished

  1. slangTo wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.

Origin

Blend of mask + catfish, equivalent to mask + -fish. Introduced around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when masks were common.

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APA

maskfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maskfish

MLA

“maskfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maskfish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maskfish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maskfish.

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