Citations:wokefish

English citations of wokefish

Noun

• 2020 August 19, Diandra Malivindi, “Forget 'Ghosting', 'Wokefishing' Is The New Dating Trend To Keep On Your Radar”, in Elle Australia:

  So before you start mentally planning your wedding, we're here to show you how a 'wokefish' can be hidden in plain sight, and how you can avoid the disappointment of date who is less than truthful.

• [2021 August 4, Molly Longman, “‘Wokefishing’ Is A Uniquely 2021, Uniquely Terrible Dating Trend”, in Refinery 29‎^[1], Vice media group:

  If you find yourself dating a “wokefish,” it can be a lot trickier to identify than your garden variety catfish.]

Verb

• 2017 August 19, janedoe [user name], “#Hatfishing: Let's Talk About Men Who Wear Hats to Hide Hairline and Balding Issues”, in Lipstick Alley‎^[2], Comment in a discussion of ‘Other kinds of fishing’:

  What about wokefishing ya'll?

• 2020 July 28, Have You Been ‘Wokefished’ While Dating? Here’s How to Tell in VICE:

  It confirmed what I’d begun to suspect: as much as he’d reeled me in with an outwardly “woke” persona, in reality, we were never going to see eye to eye. I had been wokefished.

• 2020 August 5, ‘Wokefishing’ is the new awful trend on dating apps you have to watch out for in Yahoo News:

  Vice writer Serena Smith has coined this new one, “wokefishing,” to describe when someone essentially tricks someone else into talking to them or going out with them by pretending to be more progressive than they actually are on dating apps.]

• 2020 August 8, What is wokefishing and how can you spot it? in Metro UK:

  […] wokefishing describes when someone pretends to hold progressive – or ‘woke’ views to lure another person into dating them.

• 2020 August 19, Diandra Malivindi, “Forget 'Ghosting', 'Wokefishing' Is The New Dating Trend To Keep On Your Radar”, in Elle Australia:

  The penny drops, and you realise that you've been wokefished.

• 2021 February 22, “What in the world is "wokefishing"?”, in ETX Daily Up, English International Version:

  Who hasn't cheated just a tiny bit when trying to seduce someone? Like that extra little line added to your CV, "wokefishing" can boost your potential desirability to prospective partners.