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cat·fish ˈkat-ˌfish 
catfished; catfishing; catfishes
2
transitive : to deceive (someone) by creating a false personal profile online
"They never actually met. She was an online thing. They'd been talking for over a year. We were all pretty sure she was catfishing him, but he was convinced she was legit and that they were in love."
R. L. Naquin
R. L. Naquin"Heather" stopped messaging me abruptly several months after we started talking. She was a grown woman, and I never lied about how young I was. Even so, I've never been quite sure which one of us was being catfished. Vanessa Vitiello Uruhart
see also catfish entry 1 sense 2 Vanessa Vitiello Uruhart
Did you know?
For centuries, a catfish was merely a type of fish with a distinctive face. Then, in 2010, Ariel Schulman released Catfish, a documentary about his brother Nev's experiences with a woman who pretended to be someone else online. (The movie was popular enough to spawn a television show by the same title.) In the documentary, the woman's husband explained the title with an anecdote about how fishermen transporting live cod used to put catfish in with the cod on long-haul shipments to keep the desirable cod active and alert until arrival. The man implied that his wife was like those catfish, keeping the lives of others fresh and interesting.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2022 The Yumei Foods soup contains a type of fish from the Siluriformes (catfish) species. Chris Smith, BGR, 23 July 2022 Bass, perch, and catfish are in the creek for fishing enthusiasts. Gabriel Romero, Chron, 15 July 2022 Authorities said two men were noodling — catching catfish with their hands — in the river on July 9 when a confrontation began. al, 14 July 2022 The upper Mekong is also habitat for Mekong giant catfish and other species of large freshwater fish. Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 June 2022 After learning the basics, everyone can test their luck fishing for stocked catfish and bluegill in the Rockefeller Lagoon. cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022 The old Sandusky Bay Bridge is a hot spot for the catfish crowds both during the day and after dark. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 7 July 2022 The stingray—which researchers with the Wonders of the Mekong conservation project saved—beat out the previous freshwater record-holder, a 646-pound catfish found in Thailand in 2005, also in the Mekong River. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2022 See More
Noun
Serafini's creates dinner and lunch specialties using local ingredients that range from Tenderloin Cognac and lasagna to pesto chicken and fried catfish, combining the best of Italy with Kentucky’s southern food traditions. The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2022 The Yumei Foods soup contains a type of fish from the Siluriformes (catfish) species. Chris Smith, BGR, 23 July 2022 Bass, perch, and catfish are in the creek for fishing enthusiasts. Gabriel Romero, Chron, 15 July 2022 Authorities said two men were noodling — catching catfish with their hands — in the river on July 9 when a confrontation began. al, 14 July 2022 The upper Mekong is also habitat for Mekong giant catfish and other species of large freshwater fish. Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 June 2022 After learning the basics, everyone can test their luck fishing for stocked catfish and bluegill in the Rockefeller Lagoon. cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022 The old Sandusky Bay Bridge is a hot spot for the catfish crowds both during the day and after dark. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 7 July 2022 The stingray—which researchers with the Wonders of the Mekong conservation project saved—beat out the previous freshwater record-holder, a 646-pound catfish found in Thailand in 2005, also in the Mekong River. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
cat entry 1 + fish entry 1; so called from the whiskerlike appearance of the barbels surrounding the fish's mouth; (sense 2) after Catfish (2010), a documentary film about a man who through social networking develops remote relationships with members of a family whose life histories have been fabricated to various degrees
Note: The title of the film, directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, is based on a story told by the husband of the woman responsible for the fabrications. He explains that at one time cod were shipped live in tanks from Alaska to China. The inactive cod would become mushy and tasteless, until someone came upon the idea of placing catfish in the tanks to stimulate them. To the man, his wife has played a role similar to that of the catfish in the tank: "… there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh." As subsequent investigation has uncovered, the catfish tale is much older than the film. It was used for different comparative purposes by the British journalist Henry Nevinson in an essay "The Catfish" published as part of a collection in 1913 (Essays in Rebellion, London, James Nisbet & Co.). The tale itself appears to be a fabrication, as cod were not shipped across oceans in tanks, and catfish, being bottom-feeders, are not predators of cod. For further details see Ben Zimmer, "Catfish: How Manti Te'o's imaginary romance got its name," Boston Globe (online), January 27, 2013; Aisha Harris, "Who coined the term 'catfish'?", Slate (online), January 18, 2013.
Verb
derivative of catfish entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of catfish was in 1612 Phrases Containing catfish
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