The term was coined by Vince Pierce, who appears in the 2010 documentary, "Catfish". He describes how catfish were used to keep cod "agile" as an analogy for the online behavior of his wife, Angela, the original catfish, who had misrepresented herself to one of the filmmakers:
"They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They'd keep them in vats in the
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