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[fish-ee] / ˈfɪʃ i /


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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

On Monday’s episode of What Next, Mary Harris spoke with Slate senior writer and Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern about the fishy case and its alarming implications for LGBTQ+ equality throughout the country.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

After numerous requests for payment, Adam pulled the website when his team were presented with a "fishy" looking document as proof of incoming funding.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Naturally they are good-looking, because this is television, and fit, because you need to be to do this; most have professional expertise in fishy, watery or wild things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Small salty fish with tiny fishy bones every freaking place she looks.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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