fishy

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃi/

Etymology: From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.

Of, from, or similar to fish.
“What is that fishy odor?”
“The ſwifteſt Ship beneath with ſudden Chains / In mid Career the fiſhy Bank detains. / The Wind all uſeleſs in the Canvas roars, / In vain the Sailors tug the ſticking Oars. / Fixt as a Rock the ſteady Throng abides; / The Ship as anchor'd in her Harbour rides.”
Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
“I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.”
“Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.”
Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.
“One day I dressed up all out fishy to go to my mother's place. I knocked and started walking in past her. She was like 'Can I help you?' I said, 'Ma?' and she was like OMG! She actually thought I was one of her boyfriend's hoochie [mamas].”

Etymology: From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.

Diminutive of fish.
“You shall have a fishy / In a little dishy; / You shall have a fishy / When the boat comes in.”
“When Sachie got out of the tub and got her baby out of the tub her mom had her talk down the drain to the fishies and froggies. […] "Are you ready fishies? Are you ready froggies?" Both Sachie and mommy asked together. "One, two, three" they pulled out the plug. And they watched the water go down the drain.”