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Also known as 'amnience'. A genre of music most often used to showcase the progression of mental illnesses, human experiences, and (rarely) paranormal events/entities through often sampled music, mostly big-band and ballroom music from around 1910-1945. The genre is most often used to show the progression of memory loss or old age.

The amnient genre has its beginning in James Leyland Kirby, with his release of Selected Memories From the Haunted Ballroom in 1999. However, the term 'amnient' as a unique music genre was first coined by The Carebear as 'amnience' at approximately the start of 2022, defining it as "An atmosphere or environment that focuses on themes of forgetfulness and loss."
A- "What's your favorite genre of music?"
B- "I'd say amnient, to he honest."
Amnient by GameCenter101 April 15, 2022
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Ambient Mexican Noise 

The sounds you hear in any online game by a Latino boy with a mic. This includes Vaccuming, dogs barking, Parents yelling, babies crying, Spanish soap Opera, Mexican music.
George: Let’s leave this game, there’s some kid with ambient Mexican noise.
Fred: yeah I can’t even concentrate let’s leave.

Ambient Gaslighting 

ambient gaslighting - Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of mistreatment or disrespect that we experience in small doses and may not realize are a form of gaslighting.

Physician psychiatrist Dr. Grant Brenner coin the term.

Are you being gaslit ?
Here are signs you're being gaslit, according to USA TODAY columnist Sara Kuburic:

You are often confused.

You are struggling to trust your memories or feelings.

You find yourself constantly apologizing.

You feel like you can’t do anything right.

You are often nervous, worried or anxious.
You don’t feel confident.
You struggle to trust yourself.
You constantly blame yourself when something goes wrong (even if it’s not your fault).
Ambient Gaslighting In the workplace. Executives may espouse transparency, but employees may experience behavior contrary to to that.

In targeted marketing. "People may be confused as to whether the ad they got is something they really wanted, or whether that desire has been planted in that.

In political news. Polarized politics have led to seemingly alternate realities that have only accelerated during the pandemic. Convincing opinion-like news programs or unverified viral social media posts may make you question your beliefs.
Ambient Gaslighting by Blu_leef March 31, 2023

Ambient Hutch 

1) A small hutch with foil decoration, low lighting and a light music background for the mouse who has had a few too many microdots. Featured in the first series of the popular cult tv show, The Mighty Boosh.

2) A place or room with a relaxing and chilled atmosphere.
1) "He's had a gram of speed and two microdots. Quick, get him in the Ambient Hutch!"

2) "Welcome to the ambient hutch! We have drinks and beanbags a-plenty."

Ambient Abuse

A form of intimidation or psychological abuse, sometimes called Gaslighting. where false information is presented to the victim, making them doubt their own memory, perception and quite often, their sanity. The classic example of ambient abuse is to very subtly toy with someone's environment in a way that you know they're sure to notice, but then deny knowing anything about it, and to explain that they "must be imagining things" when they challenge these changes. Doing this on a long term and/or methodical basis (as opposed to the occasional practical joke) with the intent to cause distress and harm would be considered ambient abuse.

A more psychological definition of ambient abuse is "an increasing frequency of systematically withholding factual information from, and/or providing false information to, the victim - having the gradual effect of making them anxious, confused, and less able to trust their own memory and perception.
Your spouse begins telling you things that never really happened. For instance, he says that last week he told you he was going to go to the bar with his buddies this Monday night, but you never remember him telling you that.

Or maybe your boss gets angry because you didn't prepare the report he asked you to. When you remind him that he usually prepares that particular report, he snaps that he told you to take care of it a few days ago because he was too busy. However, you know he never asked you to do so.

Both of these could be considered ambient abuse.
A type of atmospheric electronic music that ranges from calm, soothing, dark, or psychadelic.
Moby, Aphex Twin, and Enigma play ambient.
ambient by Bobby De Niro October 11, 2004

Ambient Hype 

When you have taken an amount of drugs and you feel like you are having a party on the inside, however on the outside you're feeling very calm. During this time, emotions start to disappear and talking becomes very difficult.
Mostly occurs on MDMA
nahhh I'm in an ambient hype
Ambient Hype by mike kilo January 31, 2015
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