tempting & distorting

(noun)
a behavior characterized by the act of employing sarcastic or crude remarks with the intention of enticing a person into participating in a joke, followed by using their response out of context and treating it as if it were a serious statement.

This practice involves luring individuals into engaging in a conversation or reacting emotionally, only to later exploit their words or actions to embarrass or humiliate them. Tempting & Distorting commonly employs misdirection and manipulation to achieve its desired effect, often at the expense of the targeted individual.
"You were tempting & distorting by talking in an amusing tone"
by ahundredovens July 14, 2023
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ego-running

𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣 𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥
someone who has been called out on something, but continues to do it regardless (even if the debunker is still aware of their flaws)
"Bro you're still trying to gaslight me even when I said you were. You keep on ego-running."
by ahundredovens June 27, 2023
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Mislighting

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A subgenre of gaslighting where one person shifts the blame onto another by insisting that a series of events would have proceeded smoothly if the latter had executed things correctly. However, in reality, even if the second person had attempted to follow the correct order of events, it would have been futile due to the first person's avoidance.
A: "I was too afraid to ask you to stop making me the punchline of every joke, because if I did, I probably would've just been ignored or laughed at!"
B: "No we wouldn't. We would stop if you asked. It's your fault you didn't ask."

A: "B says that I wouldn't have overreacted if I had just asked them to stop making jokes about me in the beginning."
C: "Sounds like they've mastered the art of mislighting."
by ahundredovens October 10, 2023
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