catfish



catfish

To deceive someone by presenting a false identity, typically through online correspondence. The term comes from the documentary and subsequent TV show Catfish, which explore this phenomenon. Dude, you're definitely getting catfished. Those pictures that girl keeps sending you of "herself" are really of a model!

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JacopoYAH-ko-poItalian
Kaila-Yiddish
Polyxene-Greek Mythology
LexyLEKS-eeEnglish
Paderau-Welsh
BenjÁMin-Hungarian