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[fish-ee] / ˈfɪʃ i /


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And T-Pain admitted he’s actually a #DoorDashPartner only after users began to smell something fishy.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2026

Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

So, despite their fishy beginnings, are polynucleotides transforming skincare?

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Fans often press him for the scoop on Trout, he said, with some version of this line: “You guys share the same fishy last name, and he’s Mr. Angel just like you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

I should have known something was fishy when LJ said, “O.K., but I get first shot.”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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