Merriam-Webster picks ‘gaslighting’ as word of the year

[Scott]

American publishing company Merriam-Webster has selected “gaslighting” as the 2022 word of the year, citing a rise in interest in the word over the past few years as misinformation and conspiracy theories become more rampant.

 

Merriam-Webster defines gaslighting under its traditional use as a “psychological manipulation of a person” over time that causes the victim to “question the validity of their thoughts.”

 

 

But gaslighting saw a 1,740 percent increase in lookups in 2022, according to Merriam-Webster, and the word has rapidly evolved in meaning.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/3752578-merriam-webster-picks-gaslighting-as-word-of-the-year/

 

[ozimoron]

But in recent years, we have seen the meaning of gaslighting refer also to something simpler and broader: “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for a personal advantage.” In this use, the word is at home with other terms relating to modern forms of deception and manipulation, such as fake news, deepfake, and artificial intelligence.

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year/gaslighting

[Chomper Higgot]

The Merriam-Webster has obviously been following threads on this forum.

[pegman]

Thanks to Trump and his followers 

[Tug]

8 hours ago, pegman said:

Thanks to Trump and his followers 

Spot on imo

[Jaybott]

Russian collusion.

 

Hunter Biden's laptop is fake.

 

COVID came from bat meat at a wet market.  Despite there being a bio lab a Kilometer away performing Gain of Function research on Corona viruses.

 

Wearing a mask will stop the transmission of COVID.

 

You will not contract COVID if you are vaccinated. 

 

[Eric Loh]

9 hours ago, pegman said:

Thanks to Trump and his followers 

Lacking any legal nor smoking gun evidence, gaslighting by Trump and his allies with their shameless bullying, rumour mongering, conspiracy peddling and silly hashtags spread confusion, consumed some with speculation and sucked many into a story. It actually work with the minority low educated rednecks and not most of the voting population. 

[Eric Loh]

5 minutes ago, Jaybott said:

Russian collusion.

 

Hunter Biden's laptop is fake.

 

COVID came from bat meat at a wet market.  Despite there being a bio lab a Kilometer away performing Gain of Function research on Corona viruses.

 

Wearing a mask will stop the transmission of COVID.

 

You will not contract COVID if you are vaccinated. 

 

A good example of gaslighting without legitimate evidence. 

[SunnyinBangrak]

46 minutes ago, Jaybott said:

Russian collusion.

 

Hunter Biden's laptop is fake.

 

COVID came from bat meat at a wet market.  Despite there being a bio lab a Kilometer away performing Gain of Function research on Corona viruses.

 

Wearing a mask will stop the transmission of COVID.

 

You will not contract COVID if you are vaccinated. 

 

Spot on. And the key point is that the left actually FORCED people to accept these fallacies and would punish you for saying the truth. That is the key difference between conservatives saying they doubt election results(as did Biden, Hillary and many many dems) which is their opinion. They NEVER forced liberals to agree with them.

 So due to the left forcing people to accept lies that benefit the democrat party they are of course much better examples of gaslighters.

[Chomper Higgot]

3 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Spot on. And the key point is that the left actually FORCED people to accept these fallacies and would punish you for saying the truth. That is the key difference between conservatives saying they doubt election results(as did Biden, Hillary and many many dems) which is their opinion. They NEVER forced liberals to agree with them.

 So due to the left forcing people to accept lies that benefit the democrat party they are of course much better examples of gaslighters.

When were you ever punished for saying the truth?

[SunnyinBangrak]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

When were you ever punished for saying the truth?

Anyone that factually stated on forums that Hunter Biden's laptop was real as corroborated by the Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski who was cc'd in the email chain, and who confirmed 100% that Joe Biden was "the big guy" was banned from participating any longer. 

 Anyone that factually stated that Smollett's lynching was a hoax for the first week or so, and that Harris's and Booker etc's tweets blaimng Trump/MAGA for the lynching were inappropriate was banned from internet forums.

 

Now, losing your voice might not be the end of the world, but still this was punishment for speaking the truth, and liars that had a false narrative beneficial to the democrat party were encouraged. Relevant seeing as the OP is about gaslighting. There is no worse gaslighting than FORCING people to accept a false narrative.

[ozimoron]

24 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Anyone that factually stated on forums that Hunter Biden's laptop was real as corroborated by the Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski who was cc'd in the email chain, and who confirmed 100% that Joe Biden was "the big guy" was banned from participating any longer. 

 Anyone that factually stated that Smollett's lynching was a hoax for the first week or so, and that Harris's and Booker etc's tweets blaimng Trump/MAGA for the lynching were inappropriate was banned from internet forums.

 

Now, losing your voice might not be the end of the world, but still this was punishment for speaking the truth, and liars that had a false narrative beneficial to the democrat party were encouraged. Relevant seeing as the OP is about gaslighting. There is no worse gaslighting than FORCING people to accept a false narrative.

How did they force people to accept anything? Banning gaslighting on social media, correctly or otherwise, doesn't force anybody to do anything.

[Eric Loh]

26 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Anyone that factually stated on forums that Hunter Biden's laptop was real as corroborated by the Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski who was cc'd in the email chain, and who confirmed 100% that Joe Biden was "the big guy" was banned from participating any longer. 

 Anyone that factually stated that Smollett's lynching was a hoax for the first week or so, and that Harris's and Booker etc's tweets blaimng Trump/MAGA for the lynching were inappropriate was banned from internet forums.

 

Now, losing your voice might not be the end of the world, but still this was punishment for speaking the truth, and liars that had a false narrative beneficial to the democrat party were encouraged. Relevant seeing as the OP is about gaslighting. There is no worse gaslighting than FORCING people to accept a false narrative.

Calm down mate. No one in USA are losing their voices even if their narratives are incendiary, conspiratorial, asinine or down right lies. There will always be a welcoming alternative media or friendly cable channel for those who indulge in gaslighting and disseminating their twisted narratives. Just ask Greene and her likes and even the most controversial former POTUS who consistently gaslight. No one are forced to accept those kind of nonsense non credible narratives. Most will just display their displeasures at the ballot boxes. 

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Anyone that factually stated on forums that Hunter Biden's laptop was real as corroborated by the Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski who was cc'd in the email chain, and who confirmed 100% that Joe Biden was "the big guy" was banned from participating any longer. 

 Anyone that factually stated that Smollett's lynching was a hoax for the first week or so, and that Harris's and Booker etc's tweets blaimng Trump/MAGA for the lynching were inappropriate was banned from internet forums.

 

Now, losing your voice might not be the end of the world, but still this was punishment for speaking the truth, and liars that had a false narrative beneficial to the democrat party were encouraged. Relevant seeing as the OP is about gaslighting. There is no worse gaslighting than FORCING people to accept a false narrative.

Firstly to be very clear, this is not a reference to ASEAN NOW.

 

I’m not convinced that claims of being banned from Internet forums are anything beyond claims of being banned from Internet forums.

 

Or indeed that the stated reason is the actual reason.

 

Seems much more like conspiracy theorizing and painting a picture of being a victim of such a conspiracy, which is an identifiable characteristic of rightwing grievance nurturing.

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

An excellent choice.

 

Which reminds me, when are Harry and Meghan getting their award for fighting racial injustice in the Royal Family after telling [cough] "their truth" on Oprah? ????

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

An excellent choice.

 

Which reminds me, when are Harry and Meghan getting their award for fighting racial injustice in the Royal Family after telling [cough] "their truth" on Oprah? ????

How you managed to jump to that off topic fabrication is a mystery.

[JonnyF]

15 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

How you managed to jump to that off topic fabrication is a mystery.

The topic is about gaslighting.

 

I gave an example of gaslighting.

 

It's really not that mysterious.????

[alex8912]

22 hours ago, ozimoron said:

How did they force people to accept anything? Banning gaslighting on social media, correctly or otherwise, doesn't force anybody to do anything.

He was referring to being punished not being forced. You changed the topic of his response completely for some reason. 

[alex8912]

19 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Firstly to be very clear, this is not a reference to ASEAN NOW.

 

I’m not convinced that claims of being banned from Internet forums are anything beyond claims of being banned from Internet forums.

 

Or indeed that the stated reason is the actual reason.

 

Seems much more like conspiracy theorizing and painting a picture of being a victim of such a conspiracy, which is an identifiable characteristic of rightwing grievance nurturing.

 

 

 

Your first sentence sounds like you are completely scared of something. Why? 

[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

He was referring to being punished not being forced. You changed the topic of his response completely for some reason. 

Please, he used the word "forced" in capital letters.