When you put a photo of your dog on an online dating profile in the hopes of improving your chances of securing a mate. Dogfishing is even more dog-fishy when the photo is of the dog as a puppy, though the aforementioned dog is now a full-grown adult and not nearly as cute or as likely to encourage potential mates to consider the dogfisher as a partner.
That girl asked Bernard how old his puppy was after seeing a photo of his dog on Tinder - little did she know, he was dogfishing and the dog was now 3 years old.
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Get the dogfish mug.Coined by The Dating Detectives podcast, a dogfish is a who person who significantly misrepresents who they are or what they want while dating. Similar to catfish, these people aren't who they say they are, but instead of lying about the way they look they are lying about something else, like having a secret family, or dating to con their romantic partners out of money.
Person 1: "How are things going with Brad?"
Person 2: "Oh we broke up. You know those business trips he was taking to San Francisco? He was actually visiting his WIFE and their THREE CHILDREN. A total dogfish!"
Person 2: "Oh we broke up. You know those business trips he was taking to San Francisco? He was actually visiting his WIFE and their THREE CHILDREN. A total dogfish!"
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Get the Dogfish mug.Adjective. Describing a moment or action that is silly, foolish, or just plain ridiculous; as a result of a lapse in judgment or common sense. Synonyms: goofy, ditzy, airheaded.
"I sent an email to my boss with the subject line 'Hey Boo' instead of 'Hey Bob'—so doofish!"
"I tried to do a backflip off the diving board, but ended up belly-flopping into the pool—definitely a doofish move."
"I wanted to impress my crush by speaking French, but instead of saying 'Je t'aime' (I love you), I said 'J'aime le fromage' (I love cheese)—tellement doofish!"
"I tried to do a backflip off the diving board, but ended up belly-flopping into the pool—definitely a doofish move."
"I wanted to impress my crush by speaking French, but instead of saying 'Je t'aime' (I love you), I said 'J'aime le fromage' (I love cheese)—tellement doofish!"
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"Whatever the opposite of catfishing is she did that to me. Dogfishing. You know I was just doing dumb shit the entire time."
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