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/Sounds like the English word "gaslight" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To psychologically manipulate someone into doubting their own perception, memory, and sanity systematically. It's emotional abuse disguised as concern, 'you're overreacting' is the gaslighter's favorite phrase.
“He gaslighted her so much she didn't know what was true anymore.”
“If they tell you 'that never happened,' they're gaslighting you.”
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/Sounds like the English word "gaslight" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To psychologically manipulate someone into doubting their own perception, memory, and sanity systematically. It's emotional abuse disguised as concern, 'you're overreacting' is the gaslighter's favorite phrase.
“He gaslighted her so much she didn't know what was true anymore.”
“If they tell you 'that never happened,' they're gaslighting you.”
Tomarse el palo
To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.