Topic: so you know what I hate about the verbing of the word gaslight
boof started this discussion 1 year ago #122,538
It makes no fuckin sense unless you were told that it is a reference to fuckin movie that came out in 1944. Or, perhaps you were already well aware of the movie before you heard people using the word as a verb. I was not. I never saw the fuckin movie. Has anyone here seen the movie before having heard the verb usage of the word? I'm starting to think that someone is trying to make us think we are crazy for not knowing the reference immediately, like, oh, you must be completely out of it to not have heard of this fuckin famous 1944 movie, like what's wrong with you that you don't know this movie
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 23 minutes later[^] [v] #1,337,450
Quit gaslighting! If you can verb "verb" (verbing) you can verb "gaslight".
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 9 seconds later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,451
It's not a modern word, in fact it was used directly after that movie and since then. It's become more popular because Tumblr SJWs began to misuse clinical terms in self-help situations.
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 33 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,453
where was it used? surely not in common parlance. the only time I had encountered it previously was some fuckin Batman series called Gotham by Gaslight. But it was set in the time of actual gaslights. No fuckin movie-reference usage there.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 26 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,454
More "victim" self diagnosis drivel that didn't exist before 2023. I don't know how they manage to step out their front doors with so many microaggressions in their lives.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 22 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,457
@1,337,453 (boof)
I don't know what qualifies as common parlance but infrequently in several TV shows and newspaper articles from the 1950s onwards.
I don't know what qualifies as common parlance but infrequently in several TV shows and newspaper articles from the 1950s onwards.
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 20 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,461
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 27 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,462
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,486
@1,337,461 (boof)I don't know if you'll find this helpful, but it has been in use online since at least 2004 when Google began publishing search trends
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,489
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,498
Gaslight has never been a thing. you must be imagining it.
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 22 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,503
@1,337,462 (C)
yeah I'm going to need more detail, something I can read
@1,337,486 (E)
I don't know what to make of the fat red line at the start and the way they put it upon the graph, but it could be zero level there
yeah I'm going to need more detail, something I can read
@1,337,486 (E)
I don't know what to make of the fat red line at the start and the way they put it upon the graph, but it could be zero level there
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Anonymous E replied with this 1 year ago, 9 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,556
@previous (boof)
Right, the screenshot leaves out some context. When you hover over that part of the graph on google trends, it shows that it was at 1% of the peak search interest which was in 2020. Who knows why search interest for the term "gaslighting" peaked in 2020 🤔
Right, the screenshot leaves out some context. When you hover over that part of the graph on google trends, it shows that it was at 1% of the peak search interest which was in 2020. Who knows why search interest for the term "gaslighting" peaked in 2020 🤔
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boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,559
so much of these shitwords come into seemingly immediate overuse and cliche out of nowhere. I suspect many can be traced to one asshole in the media that a lot of people follow (I mean not all from the same one asshole, there are different assholes). A lexicographer would serve us well to name and track who these fuckers are (and who pays them).
Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,560
@previous (boof)
Another one which seemed to peak around the same time is "disingenuous".
Another one which seemed to peak around the same time is "disingenuous".
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boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,563
curious, Captain
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,564
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,566
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,568
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,569
Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,570
I like nouning verbs and verbing nouns.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 4 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,572
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 49 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,580
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 58 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,581
boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,596
maybe I'll watch that fuckin movie
better not suck
better not suck