2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI have coined a new word: Trumplighting
His entire campaign -- and life -- is nothing but gaslighting with some negging thrown in. So, trumplighting.
If someone else thought of this first, shhhh... because I am feeling very clever right now.
sarae
(3,284 posts)I've always thought the gaslighting is one of the worst things about him and his campaign. It's the psychological abuse of our country on a large scale terrifying!
obamanut2012
(26,118 posts)Who has ever been in an abusive relationship.
LexVegas
(6,092 posts)Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
obamanut2012
(26,118 posts)betsuni
(25,610 posts)Much more ridiculously obvious and stupid than the original gaslighting.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)1 a : worthless nonsense
b : trivial or useless articles : junk <a wagon loaded with household trumpery Washington Irving>
2 archaic : tawdry finery
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpery
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Used in a sentence, "I got trumped, so I kicked him in the groin twice, first while he was still standing."