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Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year.
It’s no trick; Merriam-Webster says ‘gaslighting’ is the word of the year
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“Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.
Word for ongoing deceit spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com
American dictionary calls term ‘a word for our time’ in an age of fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories.