"Chadfishing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Chadfish + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Chadfish|ing}} Chadfish + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Chadfishing (uncountable)
  1. (incel slang) The act of creating a fake online profile to catfish someone (typically a woman) by pretending to be an attractive man. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Chadfishing-en-noun-rMdnSZXb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Verb

Etymology: From Chadfish + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Chadfish|ing}} Chadfish + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} Chadfishing
  1. present participle and gerund of Chadfish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: Chadfish Categories (topical): Incel community
    Sense id: en-Chadfishing-en-verb-sqtWfHz- Disambiguation of Incel community: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
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