# Verbing \*Gaslight\* (open spoilers for an 81-yr-old movie whose plot is part of common parlance)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [October 5, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbing-gaslight-open-spoilers-for-an-81-yr-old-movie-whose-plot-is-part-of-common-parlance/1023701 "2025-10-05T19:28:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbing-gaslight-open-spoilers-for-an-81-yr-old-movie-whose-plot-is-part-of-common-parlance/1023701/41 "2025-10-09T17:09:00Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> The harm visited on 350M Americans by a professonally gaslighting RW Fascist regime exceeds the best efforts of WAG 3M wacky parents as a supernova is to a firecracker.
> 
> Sorry.

I don’t disagree.

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