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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.'Gaslighting' Merriam-Webster's word of 2022
By LEANNE ITALIE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Rodney
When I was a University student, “gaslighting” had a totally different meaning. It involved a box of matches and a certain wind gust from behind.
wallace
Not a word I have ever used once in my life
Paustovsky
This list proves that most people who use these words have no idea what they mean. Conservatives must spend a lot of time looking up words.
buffalo
No, its not. you thought it was, but you were wrong. Don't you see? what you thought was wrong. OK?
cleo
My Grandma used to have gaslighting in her living room, candles in the bedroom. It was a very old house, and no one could convince her that 'lectric was way safer.
wallace
Only used by Americans and not the other 1 billion people who speak English.
blue in green
Attempts to insult, humiliate, or verbally browbeat another in order to lessen their resolve or confidence in their own thoughts, is what gaslighting is...
It is used as a tool of censorship; to attempt to control critical and/or independent thought, not by using logic or reason, but by mental bullying.
Algernon LaCroix
Socialists have to resort to gaslighting because they have nothing of value to offer, just misery. Gaslighting is their way of trying to say "Hey, look over there!"
Paustovsky
They need to look up the word socialist first because most wouldn't know a socialist even if they stole their ill-fitting cargo pants.
Blacklabel
for this to be the most searched word, people still dont understand it when they use it.
I tell someone a fact they say "stop gaslighting me!"
It somehow, despite definition, became "dont tell me something that is true but that I dont want to hear"
blue in green
No surprise it's one of the most highly "searched" word.
It's been an ongoing assault on a much larger scale through MSM, the medical profession, pharmaceutical companies, politicians, and government...