A phrase which can either refer to an embarrassing death or alternatively, a deathly emarrassing incident. Originally created when a cardboard fish was torn up for palettes and someone placed each half of the fish on either side of their body, to make it look like they had just been skewered by a fish.
Example 1
"I hear that joe walked straight into town without any clothes on yesterday."
"Yeah, that was a death by fish!"
Example 2
A guy who was drunk, drove his truck up to a bridge, got some rope out of his boot, tied himself to his truck and jumped off the bridge. The rope riped his legs off and he fell into the river but because he didn't have any legs, he couldn't swim and he drowned.
"I hear that joe walked straight into town without any clothes on yesterday."
"Yeah, that was a death by fish!"
Example 2
A guy who was drunk, drove his truck up to a bridge, got some rope out of his boot, tied himself to his truck and jumped off the bridge. The rope riped his legs off and he fell into the river but because he didn't have any legs, he couldn't swim and he drowned.
by skid_mark April 7, 2007
When a narcissistic person fakes their own death with the help of their family and friends, in lieu of breaking up with someone.
"Did you hear that Paul lied about his untimely death because he thinks he is sick and didn't want his girfriend to witness his decline.? She was totally "death-fished"
by xxkookie70 June 5, 2017