gaslight \ GAS-lahyt \ , verb;
- to cause (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation: How do you know if your partner is gaslighting you?
noun:
- light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- a gas burner or gas jet for producing this kind of light.
adjective:
- gaslit ( def 2 ).
Origin: The verb sense of gaslight comes from a 1944 film of the same name in which a husband secretly and repeatedly dims and brightens the gaslights in the house while accusing his wife of imagining the flickering. This movie was based on a play by Patrick Hamilton. The verb entered English in the mid-1900s, though earlier senses had existed in English since the early 1800s.
i feel your nuts
- i know what you mean
Boy 1: Yeah man, I can't stand that guy.
Boy 2: I feel your nuts on that one.
History
- Gadsden Purchase: was signed, acquiring the land of southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (1853)
- The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was first staged (1879)
- USSR: was established when Russia joined Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (1922)
- Arroyo Seco Parkway: aka the Pasadena Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena, opened (1940)
- Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was executed by hanging for war crimes in the Dujail massacre (2006)
- André Messager 1853
- Rudyard Kipling 1865
- Simon Guggenheim 1867
- Stephen Leacock 1869
- Hideki Tojo 1884
- Vincent Lopez 1895
- Bert Parks 1914
- Marie Wilson 1915
- Jo Van Fleet 1922
- Bo Diddley 1928
- Barbara Nichols 1929
- Jack Lord 1930
- Skeeter Davis 1931
- Russ Tamblyn 1934
- Fred Lorenzen 1934
- Sandy Koufax (MLB) 1935
- John Hartford 1937
- Noel Paul Stookey 1937
- Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary) 1937
- Joseph Bologna 1938
- Del Shannon 1939
- Fred Ward 1942
- Michael Nesmith (Monkees) 1942
- Davy Jones (Monkees) 1945
- Roger Glover (Rainbow) 1945
- Patti Smith 1946
- Jeff Lynne (E.L.O., Traveling Wilburys) 1947
- Suzy Bogguss 1956
- Sheryl Lee Ralph 1956
- Patricia Kalember 1956
- Matt Lauer 1957
- Tracey Ullman 1959
- Ben Johnson 1961
- Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) 1969
- Tiger Woods 1975
- Meredith Monroe 1976
- Tyrese 1978
- Eliza Dushku 1980
- Kristin Kreuk 1982
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