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Goldfishing

Used when you're forgetting something or have forgotten something. In reference to goldfishes' short/nonexistent memory.
Michael Jackson is dead, seriously? Oh...sorry, goldfishing.
by KousukeShou January 24, 2011
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Goldfishing

Mike: why can you not remember her face.
Fred: I’m just goldfishing a lot atm.
by TheyCallMeThatBitch March 12, 2020
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Goldfishing

Pronunciation: Goldfishing (gowld · fi · shuhng)

Goldfishing is when someone or something is focusing on a particular thing (a task, people, objects) and suddenly, almost instantaneously, they lose focus on what they had originally been focused on and direct their attention to something else.

This is derived from the phenomenon that a goldfish's memory is a few seconds long.
"Dude, did you see my dog? He was chasing a squirrel, but he kept goldfishing onto the people walking on the street!"
by Paper Towels March 25, 2021
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Goldfishing

The act of intentionally or unintentionally spacing out when someone is talking to you

Can be perceived as uninterested or a form of passive aggression
John: Hey Mark, why doesn't that girl talk to us anymore?
Mark: Dude, I goldfished her and I think she got the message.
John: Oh ok, but next time tell me when you are goldfishing.
by GweenYunYan December 9, 2021
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When you get to high and forget everything is 5 seconds, like a gold fish swimming around a bowl.
Oh nooooo…… I keep goldfishing
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Goldmisting

When you purposely piss in your roommates humidifier
Joe pissed me off last week so when he wasn’t home I gave his humidifier a good goldmisting
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Goldfishing

When a person stares in a nonspecific direction with their mouth open, seeming to not think of anything at all, resembling a goldfish. Can often be describing as zoning or spacing out, occurs much more often when under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
"Man, she was goldfishing hard last night at that wall."

"I know her mind looked completely empty"
by Helpme_1938 September 22, 2022
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