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gas lighting

1. to tell a bald faced lie to someone and then brazenly deny that this was ever done

2. to give a person the frustration of moving their keys, purse, wallet, condoms, or other object and to then claim they were never moved or the person had done it themself

3. a frequent tool in the slickery dick or slickery clit's toolkit for infidelity

4. an insidious tool in the hands of unscrupulous mind-screwers and sociopaths

5. to tell a lie (consciously or unconsciously) without regard for whether or not you undermine another person's sanity/ perception of reality

It comes from the 1938 movie Gas Light.
Tommy Lee was gas lighting Elizabeth Taylor until she lost her mind. Mr. Lee should be shot.

Courtney Love leveled Kurt Cobain, not just with the multiple affairs, but by gently undermining his self respect with a little known procedure called gas lighting. He didn't even know he was a pound overweight until he was 20 pounds overweight. Poor guy.

It is a sign of the slow progress of culture that something as insidious as gas lighting can fail to be widely known, except in a slang dictionary definition, nearly three quarters of a century later than the movie by the same name.
by cudgel_bear March 8, 2010
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Pilot Lighting

To use social media for the purpose of attracting potential mates while still in a relationship through the use of scandalous photos.

Similar to how a pilot light remains ready to ignite the furnace at all times.
Dude, did you see that chicks Instagram, she’s totally pilot lighting her boyfriend.
by Speakyourtruth December 16, 2018
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lighting in a bottle

A moment of creative brilliance thus "lighting in a bottle"
by Carlito360 January 17, 2012
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nude lighting

The process of finding the best lighting used to make a sex video on a cellphone.
My boyfriend and I made an amazing sex video last night, but later when we watched it, we realized everything was black. Guess we had the wrong nude lighting.
by lbdub April 9, 2010
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track lighting

annoying shit you don't want to do and is fairly unnecessary
also less important necessary tasks you complete in order to avoid actually important work
"that anti-hazing training is such track lighting"

"yeah dude filling out all these forms is absolute track lighting"
by tharane September 14, 2021
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Bisexual Lighting

The use of light pink, purple, and blue lighting in a room or movie scene. The name comes from the colors of the bisexual flag. If in a movie/piece of media, it could signify the character in the scene is bisexual.
Alexander: Yo, check out Penelope's new room set up, she got new LED lights.

Alejandro: The bisexual lighting is on point in there.
by BenniesJets April 29, 2022
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lighting up

You lighting up this weekend?
by -nunu May 20, 2016
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