Talk:fishify

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fishify

Sorry for RFVing my own creation. I was looking for fishify on google books and the only quotes I could find were from either books about words, dictionaries, and Romeo and Juliet - the quote Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O flesh flesh how art thou fishified., whateer that means. There's probably not enough out there for this to be called a word. --Rural Legend 15:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

If it is in a Shakespeare work, that works for me. I will try to find additional cites. sewnmouthsecret 15:47, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

It seems to mean "turn into fish". I agree, anything used by Shakespeare should be look-uppable, however rare. Widsith 15:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out the Talk page. Will this do? sewnmouthsecret 16:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

It just means "turned into a fish, made like a fish". Accoding to the Riverside Shakespeare, "without his roe" refers to the fact that a fish that has given off its roe (or has been dried) looks thinner. Since lovers were lacking in appetite for food, they were thin, so it's an allusion to Romeo having found love. Thus, "fishified" is a continued play on that as well as a chnce for alliteration with "flesh". Personally, I think that explanation may be overcomplicated, but that's what they say. --EncycloPetey 16:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Not, perhaps, Shakespeare's most useful coinage, but it's still an awesome word. Shouldn't Shakespeareanisms qualify automatically on merit of having appeared in a not only well known, but also prestigious work? Who hasn't heard of Romeo and Juliet? RobbieG 23:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. A male lover "without his roe". What could he possibly have meant? DCDuring 00:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

RFV passed; tag removed.—msh210℠ 17:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)