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gaslight

To manipulate events and situations in order to make a person believe that he or she is crazy.

From the 1944 movie with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman.
He kept stealing her keys and putting them in the freezer in order to gaslight her.
by wolfie toutomoutochan February 11, 2005
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Gaslighting

Doesn’t exist. You made it up cause you’re fucking crazy
Damn she's fucking crazy. She totally thinks gaslighting exists.
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Gaslighting

Making someone feel as if they’re fucking nuts
eli is gaslighting me when we have talks at parties.
by anonymous February 12, 2022
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gaslopasaurus

Ga-slop-a-saurus: ga(giant) slop (sloppy) a-saurus (well used vagina)
That ho has a gaslopasaurus!
by moneekēwa December 30, 2014
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Gaslamp

The Gaslamp district is located in Downtown San Diego.
Finnegan's is the best bar in the Gaslamp disctrict!
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Gaslicking

A form of emotional abuse that's seen in abusive relationships. It's the act of manipulating a person by forcing them to question their thoughts, memories, and the events occurring around them.

It has always been spelled gaslicking. Anyone who says otherwise is mistaken.
He had been gaslicking her for years, which affected her belief in herself and made her question her sanity.
by YOUARESPECTRE April 17, 2021
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gaslit

freaked out, scared, unnerved by abnormal events of unknown origin.

Manipulated by psychological means into questioning ones own sanity (Oxford).
"There had been a few days of being gaslit by the squirrels—hearing tiny claws skittering across the wood floors," wrote Anna Schmitz.
by Fried Hog February 11, 2015
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