What Does This Mean?

Catfishing

[ ONLINE IDENTITY ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Web IdentityCLUSTER: Anonymity and Exposure

The act of creating and maintaining a fake online identity specifically to deceive someone into a fabricated relationship, the verb form of the noun catfish.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"She'd been catfishing people on that app for months using a stolen photo set."

LORE & ORIGIN

Grew directly out of the same 2010 documentary that popularized "catfish" as a noun, with the verb form entering standard usage almost immediately to describe the ongoing act of deception rather than the person doing it.

FIRST SEEN

2010

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:Catfish

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-EScatfishing →Français fr-FRcatfishing →日本語 ja-JPキャットフィッシング →한국어 ko-KR캣피싱 →Português pt-BRcatfishing →中文 zh-CN网络身份诈骗 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ ONLINE IDENTITY ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

RELATED TERMS

Catfish

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2010

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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