curlfishing

The act of wearing non-natural curls, including wigs, weave, extensions or perms, and pretending the curls are natural.

The term was first coined by British hair brand FYC when an advertising post featuring a customer was accused of being fake and deceptive because of the customer’s real curls. The brand called out the accuser, stating that they were not curlfishing and all images featured real users of the products and real curls.

“There’s no way those curls are natural, she’s curlfishing”

“Prove that woman is displaying her real hair. This advert deceptive. It’s curlfishing”

curlfishing by Sam Brozy March 16, 2021

Carfishing 

When you use a picture of someone elses super cool car and claim it as your own.

"Hey, look at that dude carfishing on IG when we know its not his car"

Carfishing by Samreen182 August 24, 2016

Carpfishing 

Catfishing as someone when they know about it.

I’ve been carpfishing my buddy for a few weeks on Instagram, I think I have more followers than his real account.

Carpfishing by Starlitewalker September 10, 2020

calfishing

The act of deliberately providing false information about the day of the week or other factual details to someone in order to manipulate, confuse, or undermine their perception of reality.

Nate was saying "Happy Friday!" to us on a Thursday, he was totally calfishing us!

calfishing by Yippeekaiyaymofo November 6, 2025