Catfish

//ˈkætfɪʃ//

"Catfish" in a Sentence (16 examples)

You apparently haven't known the pain of a catfish sting.

Catfish have no scales.

Catfish are still biting.

Mary refuses to eat catfish because she's allergic to cats.

Sami had a catfish.

Sami's pictures are real. He's not a catfish.

Sami didn't catfish anybody.

Sami set up a catfish account.

Sami isn't a catfish. He's a real person.

The hot chick that sent me a friend request turned out to be Tom's catfish account.

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“You don’t see catfish that big anymore, except in Chernobyl […] Nobody fishes there anymore, so the catfish thrive. They’ve gotten really enormous, some even twelve or thirteen feet long. They’re bottom-feeders, and apparently the mud still contains a lot of radioactive particles, but the catfish don’t seem to mind.”

I only use this rod for catfishing.

Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.

Many online dating users create profiles on these online dating platforms looking for potential partners. However, they might end up meeting with users who have bad intentions, potential catfish. These catfish have begun pushing away potential, innocent users and possibly hindering the success of these online dating platforms.

Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members.

[to Abed] You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. [to Annie] He's catfishing you.

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