Today On Twitter: ‘Gaslighting’ Dubbed #WordOfTheYear
05-Dec-22 17:45
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Merriam-Webster chose 'gaslighting' as their 2022 Word of The Year, saying it had a 1740% increase in lookups for the past year, but is it really a new word? Are they making it up? They were probably imagining it...
Image source: Merriam-Webster, Website
Produced by: Evening Edition
Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan
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Categories: controversies, education
Tags: gaslighting, merriam-webster, word of the year, dictionary, twitter,