Meaning

2 senses

  1. To go fishing for blackfish.

  2. (Internet, derogatory)To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).

Origin

From black + fish. Blend of black + catfish (“(to create) a fake online profile”).

From black + fish.

Blend of black + catfish (“(to create) a fake online profile”).

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Forms

blackfishes, blackfishing, blackfished, blackfished
Base formblackfish · to blackfish
3rd person singularblackfishes
Present participleblackfishing
Past simpleblackfished
Past participleblackfished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblackfish
he, she, itblackfishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsblackfished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blackfished
he, she, ithas blackfished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blackfish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blackboardA2blackcurrantblackenblackguardblackishblackjack
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