An easily abused buzzword that can be bounced back and forth by irresponsible or otherwise immature people use to deflect blame and accountability. Better off removed from the dictionary for the sake of a functioning society.
Person A: This wouldn't have happened if you didn't quit your job
Person B: How dare you! That's gaslighting! This wouldn't have happened if you didn't quit YOUR job!
Person B: How dare you! That's gaslighting! This wouldn't have happened if you didn't quit YOUR job!
by zorakblinks July 14, 2022
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P1: you're gaslighting me
P2: that's not a word
P2: that's not a word
by Susbaka444265 July 24, 2022
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(Anyone who claims that there is any other definition of this is probably crazy and should be gaslighted)
(Anyone who claims that there is any other definition of this is probably crazy and should be gaslighted)
Person 1: Wow that person is a witch!
Person 2: oh we should preform a gaslighting
Witch: aghghghghghghghgh
Person 2: oh we should preform a gaslighting
Witch: aghghghghghghghgh
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Get the Gaslight mug.To get someone together with you, usually with a catch like Marijuana (or *gas*), and then later dropping bombshells of defamation, (or shedding *light* on judgmental outings) as to incite pernicious activity amongst the relationship, fights, or general emotional abuse.
John: "Yo dude, Kay and Jay had a get-to-gether and Kay heard something she didn't like about Jay and it got real messy."
Bill: "What did she hear from Jay?"
John: "He mentioned he bought a fleshlight, so she got back at him on snapchat by GASLIGHTING him.
Bill: "Daaamn."
John; "It gets worse, she then tried to cancel him on twitter for talking about their pocket pussy, and now they are going to get into a fist fight."
Bill: "What did she hear from Jay?"
John: "He mentioned he bought a fleshlight, so she got back at him on snapchat by GASLIGHTING him.
Bill: "Daaamn."
John; "It gets worse, she then tried to cancel him on twitter for talking about their pocket pussy, and now they are going to get into a fist fight."
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The word is said to have originated when the invention of a Gas powered lantern came to be, When in the times, candles were the norm. A person decorating their home with Gas-Lighting, was thought of as deranged, or overly picky.
The word is said to have originated when the invention of a Gas powered lantern came to be, When in the times, candles were the norm. A person decorating their home with Gas-Lighting, was thought of as deranged, or overly picky.
"Why would you be gaslighting when you could be candlelighting? Such a waste of effort" -Abraham Lincoln. 1998
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