Brainlighting

A form of Digitallighting that weaponizes brain-related insults to systematically dismantle a target’s confidence in their own mind. The perpetrator repeatedly tells the target they are “stupid,” “brainless,” “delusional,” or that they “need to use their brain”—often in public threads, so the target’s credibility is eroded before witnesses. Brainlighting combines the gaslighting effect (making the target doubt their own perception) with public humiliation. The goal is to isolate the target by convincing both them and onlookers that the target cannot think clearly, therefore anything they say is suspect. It is frequently used in debates where the actual substance is inconvenient, replacing argument with character assassination.

Example: “He ignored her sources, her logic, her evidence, and just kept posting ‘you dropped your brain.’ After weeks of this, she began to wonder if she was missing something obvious. Brainlighting: making someone doubt their own intellect to win without argument.”

Brainlighting by Abzugal April 1, 2026

branslighting 

gaslighting yourself.

"yeah, grayden did some branslighting and convinced himself into thinking glaggleland wasn't real"

branslighting by c0nfuzzled June 24, 2023

baitlighting 

When you tell someone you think they are baiting to make them wonder if the belief/argument they stated was that ridiculous.

Joe: I was losing an argument so I just told the guy he was baiting.

John: Haha this is a classic example of the phenomenon known as baitlighting, it's as if you gaslit him that he was baiting!

baitlighting by SaladBroski May 13, 2023

brasslighting 

A term, created on 13 March 2025 for the military community, describing the act of excessively or insincerely agreeing with or supporting a senior leader's ideas or decisions, regardless of how flawed, impractical, or misguided they may be, in order to gain favor, avoid conflict, or advance one’s own standing. Often involves exaggerated praise, unquestioning acceptance, and the deliberate suppression of critical thought to align with higher-ranking authority.

The commander's plan to resupply through enemy territory was obviously doomed from the start, but the XO kept brasslighting him the whole time.

brasslighting by RonnoCinque March 13, 2025

Banlighting

A form of digitallighting specifically aimed at getting someone banned from a server, group, community, or website. The perpetrator provokes or frames the target until the target reacts, then uses that reaction (often isolated from context) to report them. Banlighting often spreads to related communities, as the perpetrator warns other moderators about the “toxic” target, effectively blacklisting them across multiple spaces. The goal is not just exclusion but the destruction of the target’s ability to find community.

Example: “After she disagreed with a moderator’s friend, he spent a week baiting her in DMs. When she finally called him out in public, he reported her—and was she was banned from three connected servers within hours. Banlighting: engineered exile.”

Banlighting by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

Brakelighting 

When you reverse the gaslighting and add in factual elements

Source: Quintana...best waitress ever

I was told what I was doing was bad, but I did some brakelighting and got them to show me the specific rules and procedures I supposedly messed up

Brakelighting by Stlbryson September 17, 2025