Word of the week: "curtfishing"

Language Log 2025-09-25

Summary:

From Astral Codex Ten: Something is off about this Bay Area House Party. There are . . . women. “I’ve never seen a gender balance like this in the Bay Area,” you tell your host Chris. “Is this one of those fabled ratio parties?” “No – have you heard of curtfishing? It’s the new male dating […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71244&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=word-of-the-week-curtfishing

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

humor

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

09/25/2025, 09:30

Date published:

09/25/2025, 07:47