'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
'Gaslighting', mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful is Merriam Webster word of the year. According to Merriam Webster lookups for the word increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year. But gaslighting was pervasive.
"Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of 2022.
Merriam-Webster has chosen "gaslighting" as its word of the year for 2022.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behaviour that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increas...