And I'm Rob. Now Feifei, can you help me with

this social media post I'm trying to write?

I'll try. What do you want to say?

Well, I want to post something about how tired I am

because I've been working so hard and how I just can't go on.

Hmm, it looks like you're looking for sympathy.

Sympathy? No, I just want to tell 

people how exhausted I am because  

I'm so hard working. You just don't understand.

I completely understand - you are sadfishing.

Sadfishing? I don't even like fish.

No, Rob! You're fishing for sympathy.

When someone is sadfishing they're

exaggerating their emotional problems,

particularly via social media, so they

get sympathy or attention from others.

Hmm, that doesn't sound like me. Right, well

I'm going to send my post now. There, done.

Good luck. Let's hear some examples of sadfishing.

He got lots of likes for his post about

having no friends, but I think he was 

sadfishing - he's got loads of mates.

I don't know if Heidi really 

has a problem with her skin. 

I think she's just sadfishing and wants attention. 

Some people say there's a growing trend 

for sadfishing and people just share  

their worries online to get noticed - 

but I wonder if it's a cry for help. 

This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning

English and we're talking about the expression sadfishing, which describes

when someone exaggerates their emotional problems particularly on

social media to get sympathy or attention.

It's not a nice thing to do.

So Rob how's your sadfishing going?

It's not  sadfishing Feifei, I'm just telling people

about my terrible life so they understand.

Oh and look, I've received a comment already.

Oh, who it's from?

It's from Roy. He says 'stop moaning, I work even harder every

weekend and every evening - but it's OK

because I love my job.'

It looks like he's fishing too.

What sadfishing?

No, fishing for compliments - trying to get

someone to say something good about him.

No, he's just sad - working at the weekends!

Perhaps my life isn't so bad.

Hmm, I think I'll delete my post now.

Good idea, bye Rob.

Bye.