phish

Sometimes brand spoof

[fish]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.

verb (used with object)

to make (someone) a victim in this way.
If you've been phished, you should cancel your credit cards immediately.

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Other Word Forms

phisher noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of phish¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; respelling (influenced by phreak ) of fish

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Six years later, the company produced the first installment of Bonnaroo, on a farm site an hour outside of Nashville, with headliners like Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead to set their psychedelic, freewheeling reputation.

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The ballot presented to voters in February also included Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Maná, Oasis and Phish, who did not make the cut.

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Phish, unsurprisingly, won the fan balloting with almost 330,000 votes, Billboard reported last week, but the first-time nominees will have to wait at least another year to get into the hall of fame.

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Veteran jam band Phish also missed out on a place - despite winning a fan vote that counted towards this year's ceremony.

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��’s more, and is no surprise to those who read his racy viral social media posts last year about Phish at the Sphere in Las Vegas, he plans to attend the group’s upcoming concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

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phi-phenomenon phishing

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