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Post by basil6345789 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:45 pm

Is rapidly becoming the trendy word of the year and I already find it irritating!

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Re: Gaslight

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Clowbridge89 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:46 pm

basil6345789 wrote:
Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:45 pm
Is rapidly becoming the trendy word of the year and I already find it irritating!
No you don’t
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Re: Gaslight

Post by Cajun » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:48 pm

Superb movie producing an Oscar for Ingrid Bergman.
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Re: Gaslight

Post by Lord Beamish » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:50 pm

I suspect that those most annoyed by this neologism are those who feel most seen by it.

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Corway » Thu Apr 24, 2025 12:33 am

Trumps doing it all the time with Zelensky

Gaslighting is a psychological manipulation technique in which one person attempts to convince another person, by bending or distorting their perception, that their reality isn’t true.it is a tactic most often employed by a narcissist to gain control over their intended target.

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Petersa » Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:08 am

Lord Beamish wrote:
Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:50 pm
I suspect that those most annoyed by this neologism are those who feel most seen by it.
Suspect I might be more annoyed by the word neologism if I had the slightest clue what it meant
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Re: Gaslight

Post by pureclaret » Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:53 am

We had them in the caravan we used in Devon with a small thin mantle that if you rocked the caravan would often break

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Burnley1989 » Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:13 am

basil6345789 wrote:
Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:45 pm
Is rapidly becoming the trendy word of the year and I already find it irritating!
Ditto
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Re: Gaslight

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:26 am

pureclaret wrote:
Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:53 am
We had them in the caravan we used in Devon with a small thin mantle that if you rocked the caravan would often break
Same here (back in the 70's) and whenever I hear the word that's all I can think about!

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Greenmile » Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:35 am

basil6345789 wrote:
Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:45 pm
Is rapidly becoming the trendy word of the year and I already find it irritating!
You’re only three years behind the times…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63798242

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Re: Gaslight

Post by Guller Bull » Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:22 am

My old man used to talk about fanny by gaslight. I’ve never tried it.
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