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Word of the Year 2022

December 3 , 2022 723 days 603 0
  • The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced that their 2022 word of the year is “gaslighting”.
  • This word was defined as, “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.”
  • Interest in the term was up by 1,740% over the previous year’s according to searches of the online dictionary.
  • The term itself came into existence 80 years ago in 1938 through the play-gas light.
  • This play was written by Patrick Hamilton.

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