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Overused term Gaslighting
November 27, 2024, 03:00 PM
ZSMICHAELOverused term Gaslighting
Gaslighting has lost its original meaning.It became popular in the 1940s when a film by that name came out,
November 27, 2024, 04:19 PM
YooperSigsIt seems to be used when someone doesnt want to use the word "lie".
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November 27, 2024, 04:22 PM
yaniciYep, better to just say, "They's shittin you."
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November 27, 2024, 06:06 PM
12131Just another latest trendy dumb term.
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November 27, 2024, 09:05 PM
VgexIt's not being overused. You're just imagining it.
Yeah it does seem to be the trendy word of the last year or so. If I never heard the word again, I wouldn't miss it.
November 27, 2024, 09:19 PM
mojojojoquote:
Originally posted by Vgex:
It's not being overused. You're just imagining it.
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xd45man^Here's why gaslighting might be a good thing.
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November 28, 2024, 08:27 AM
OttoSigI’m not a Scrooge yet, but I dislike terms like these because I don’t bother to learn their meaning and next thing you know it’s 2 years later and I still don’t know what they mean.
I only learned what gaslighting meant in the past year.
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joel9507It's a trendy tactic now often resorted to by some used-to-be-trustworthy 'news' sources, so of course the term for the tactic pops up more frequently. Recent example: "Kamala was never the border czar, only nuts think that."
It's not the term that's overused, it's the tactic itself- denying something happened and then accusing the person remembering the inconvenient fact of lying - that's overused.
November 28, 2024, 09:35 AM
OKCGeneI'm hearing a lot more of the "Narcissist" word used lately, especially by women pissed off at their boyfriend/husband just to get some revenge.
It's pathetic.
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November 28, 2024, 10:37 AM
.38supersigIts just missinformation/disinformation.
November 28, 2024, 11:13 AM
CPD SIGI am reminded of a line from a great cinematic masterpiece:
"It wasn't lies... it was just bullshit"
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November 28, 2024, 03:08 PM
FredwardI don't care for the way the term is used, and yes, they mean lying. The movie was great, and shows how the term means so much more than the way it's used today.
November 28, 2024, 04:59 PM
monoblokTo quote the great philosopher Montoya,
"I do not think it means what you think it means."Another term I can't stand is 'ghosting'.
-MG
November 28, 2024, 05:10 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
posted November 28, 2024 09:35 AM Hide Post
I'm hearing a lot more of the "Narcissist" word used lately, especially by women pissed off at their boyfriend/husband just to get some revenge.
^^^^^^^^^
Yep. They do not know the origin of the term.
Narcissus was so love with himself that he fell into the water and drowned while admiring his looks. It seems that lay people misuse psychological terms with regularity.
November 28, 2024, 05:16 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
I only learned what gaslighting meant in the past year
^^^^^^
It is a great movie set in a time where street lamps with lit with gas. The protaganist tries to make the female think she is insane. TCM has the film on from time to time. LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...atoesClassicTrailersNovember 28, 2024, 05:23 PM
Gustoferquote:
Originally posted by monoblok:
Another term I can't stand is 'ghosting'.
Can I add "nothing burger" to the impending growing list?
It was cute when Shannon Bream started it some years ago, but just stop it already.
And acronyms. In the name of all things holy, can we stop with the damned acronyms? Please?
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November 28, 2024, 05:35 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
can we stop with the damned acronyms? Please?
I have no problem with TLAs*, as long as they are defined the first time that they are used in a thread.
*TLA:
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Acronym
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Expert308quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
can we stop with the damned acronyms? Please?
I have no problem with TLAs*, as long as they are defined the first time that they are used in a thread.
*TLA:
Three
Letter
Acronym
How about five letter acronyms? Like, LGBTQ? I'd love to see that one go away.
November 29, 2024, 11:37 AM
mindustrialTLA will always be: Texas Longhorn Arms.
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