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sadfish

verb

Etymology

Blend of sad + catfish. Equivalent to sad + -fish.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as catfish — “cat + fish”
  7. compounded as sadfish — “sad + catfish”

Definitions

  1. To post about one's problems online for the sake of attracting attention and sympathy

    To post about one's problems online for the sake of attracting attention and sympathy; to engage in sadfishing.

    • So we've all probably sadfished offline before, but online, there's a whiff of social desperation to it, just like there is any time people overshare on the internet.
    • Those with what pop psychology calls an anxious attachment style – characterized by a fear of abandonment, a strong need for reassurance, and codependent tendencies – are reportedly more prone to "sadfish" online.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sadfish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA