Monday, November 28, 2022

What headline? 'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of 2022

Leanne Italie
Nov 28 2022

“Gaslighting” – mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful – is Merriam-Webster's word of the year.

Lookups for the word on the US-based merriam-webster.com increased 1740% 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.

The gaslighting was pervasive.

“It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.





















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