When a ‘significant other’ or friend stops wanting to hang with you unless they can’t find anyone else to hang with.
Some believe this terminology roots back to the operation of a gas lantern and how it can be turned down in an instant as not to waste fuel (i.e. a persons time) and then turned back up once there is insufficient natural light (i.e. there’s no one else to hang with).
Some believe this terminology roots back to the operation of a gas lantern and how it can be turned down in an instant as not to waste fuel (i.e. a persons time) and then turned back up once there is insufficient natural light (i.e. there’s no one else to hang with).
Unsuspecting Dupe: “Man, I don’t know what’s up with Emmy. Everything’s cool and then all of a sudden she won’t call for a couple weeks; then she’ll just start showing up again.”
Unsuspecting Dupes friend: “Yea, she’s gaslighting you bro’.”
Unsuspecting Dupes friend: “Yea, she’s gaslighting you bro’.”
by mrhighandmighty April 3, 2008
What those with mental health/perception issues accuse you of doing, when really you are trying to explain your perception of what's going on.
by crudmonkey October 6, 2021
An avante-guard nite club in Greenwich Village during the mid-sixties, that featured folk artists such as Joan Baez, Eric Anderson, and Dave VanRonk.
Young dabbler: " Hey Deb, I'm looking for a cool place to take my girlfriend this Friday night. Have any ideas?"
Deb: "Yeah, why not take her to the Village Gaslight!"
Deb: "Yeah, why not take her to the Village Gaslight!"
by Jeff Barne May 29, 2007
A person who manipulates someone into loving and/or trusting them by pretending to be someone they are not. They will then use and abuse the person twisting every situation on them and trying to make them think they are crazy.
Matt Chotkevys is a gaslighter.
by ElliottCidny July 29, 2021
Poor Edwin is questioning everything he believes in because he's been gaslighted into thinking that every single human being and certain bots are out to get him.
by tonas-alts December 29, 2022
They are band from New Jersey. They sound like Bruce Springsteen playing the Clash with Mike Ness, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, and Lee Rocker in the back up band and Charles Dickens is their manager.
They play real music that comes from the Soul, not greed
Best songs are
The 59 Sound
Old White Lincoln
Here's to looking at you Kid
Meet Me By the Rivers Edge
They play real music that comes from the Soul, not greed
Best songs are
The 59 Sound
Old White Lincoln
Here's to looking at you Kid
Meet Me By the Rivers Edge
Kid One: Hey man have you heard of The Gaslight Anthem?
Kid Two: No, whos that
Kid One: Shows him
Kid Town: DAMN THATS REAL MUSIC FROM THE HEART AND SOUL! THATS THAT JERSEY SOUND!
Kid Two: No, whos that
Kid One: Shows him
Kid Town: DAMN THATS REAL MUSIC FROM THE HEART AND SOUL! THATS THAT JERSEY SOUND!
by BrianFallon June 25, 2010
-They told me "go on, try it, it's not spicy". But it was and they laughed at me saying it was not spicy at all
-Yeah, typical Mexican gaslight
-Yeah, typical Mexican gaslight
by mexgaslight July 4, 2022