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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

|What's gaslighting?
CDB on 2016-02-22

According to a new analysis from Unscramblerer.com (also
known as Word Unscrambler) tracking data from Jan. 1 through
July 7, 2026, "gaslighting" is America's most-searched word
definition, averaging roughly 287,000 monthly searches.

The comprehensive study used Google Trends and keyword data
from Ahrefs to aggregate over 130 search variations
- such as "define love" or "what is the definition of empathy" -
to pinpoint exactly what concepts Americans are trying to understand.


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On 10 Jul 2026 16:23:18 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
wrote:

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

|What's gaslighting?
CDB on 2016-02-22

According to a new analysis from Unscramblerer.com (also
known as Word Unscrambler) tracking data from Jan. 1 through
July 7, 2026, "gaslighting" is America's most-searched word
definition, averaging roughly 287,000 monthly searches.

The comprehensive study used Google Trends and keyword data
from Ahrefs to aggregate over 130 search variations
- such as "define love" or "what is the definition of empathy" -
to pinpoint exactly what concepts Americans are trying to understand.

I understand that the term comes from an old movie called "Gaslight"
and since the movie is old very few people have seen it, and so are
puzzled by the reference, and turn to Google (and presumably other
search engines) in their search for understanding, and probably many
people who have tried to explain it haven't seen the movie either, and
so there are probably many conflicting explanations.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:

On 10 Jul 2026 16:23:18 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
wrote:

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

|What's gaslighting?
CDB on 2016-02-22

According to a new analysis from Unscramblerer.com (also
known as Word Unscrambler) tracking data from Jan. 1 through
July 7, 2026, "gaslighting" is America's most-searched word
definition, averaging roughly 287,000 monthly searches.

The comprehensive study used Google Trends and keyword data
from Ahrefs to aggregate over 130 search variations
- such as "define love" or "what is the definition of empathy" -
to pinpoint exactly what concepts Americans are trying to understand.

I understand that the term comes from an old movie called "Gaslight"
and since the movie is old very few people have seen it, and so are
puzzled by the reference, and turn to Google (and presumably other
search engines) in their search for understanding, and probably many
people who have tried to explain it haven't seen the movie either, and
so there are probably many conflicting explanations.

I tend to get set on the wrong track by confusion with Fanny by Gaslight, a novel I read when I were a lad.
--
athel

Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada
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