fishy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, from, or similar to fish.

   • What is that fishy odor?
2. 2

   Suspicious

   Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

   • I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.
   • There was something more to this than met the eye, and he had the distinct feeling that the marshal had just snookered him into a corner. But he couldn't very well refuse, and it would look fishy if he demanded they march now.
3. 3

   Of a drag queen or a trans woman

   Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

   • One day I dressed up all out fishy to go to my mother's place. I knocked and started walking in past her. She was like 'Can I help you?' I said, 'Ma?' and she was like OMG! She actually thought I was one of her boyfriend's hoochie [mamas].
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   1. 4

      Diminutive of fish.

      • You shall have a fishy / In a little dishy; / You shall have a fishy / When the boat comes in.
      • I wish I were a fishy in the sea— / I wish I were a fishy in the sea— / I'd go swimming in the nudie without my bathing suity / Oh, I wish I were a fishy in the sea—

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