[Ads-l] Gaslighting

[James Landau]

On  Monday, June 2, 2025 8:18 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> postedTo: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>

>To "gaslight" is another ex., used on an episode of "I Married Joan" in
>1953 but vanishingly rare for 75 [sic] years. And that was an undoubted example.
As far as I know, "gaslighting" and "to gaslight" come from the 1938 stage play "Gaslight" and the 1940 and 1944 movies with the same title.
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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