sadfish

English

Etymology

Blend of sad +‎ catfish. Equivalent to sad +‎ -fish.

Verb

sadfish (third-person singular simple present sadfishes, present participle sadfishing, simple past and past participle sadfished)

  1. (intransitive, neologism) To post about one's problems online for the sake of attracting attention and sympathy; to engage in sadfishing.
    • 2023 September 7, “Why People On Social Media Feel Compelled To Share 'Sadfishing' Posts”, in HuffPost‎[1], archived from the original on 9 June 2024:
      So we've all probably sadfished offline before, but online, there's a whiff of social desperation to it, just like there is any time people overshare on the internet.
    • 2024 June 13, Olivia Hebert, “The cringey internet trend so many are guilty of: What is Sadfishing?”, in The Independent‎[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2024:
      Those with what pop psychology calls an anxious attachment style – characterized by a fear of abandonment, a strong need for reassurance, and codependent tendencies – are reportedly more prone to "sadfish" online.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.