Hatfish

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of halibut. colloquial

    "hanawasutt: hatfish or halibut"

Verb
  1. 1
    To hide one's bald spot or bad hair under a hat in a profile picture for online dating.

    "If you've never seen the top of your Tinder date's head, he may be hatfishing you."

Synonyms

All synonyms
halibut

Example

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"Noah didn't realize when he stayed on the job-he was then about 600 years old and built the ark and drove the animals in two by two, the hatfish and the kangaroo ——he didn't realize he was laying the foundation for an occupation for old men in New York, several years later."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hat + fish.

Etymology 2

Blend of hat + catfish, equivalent to hat + -fish.

Related phrases

bald spot

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