Op-Ed: The term 'gaslighting' is everywhere, but are we using it the right way? (via latimesopinion)
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Second, and related to my brother’s complaint, the term has undergone an extensive amount of semantic bleaching, and in a very short amount of time. Semantic bleaching is a common process by which a word with a specific meaning comes to take on a more general meaning over time. It’s a natural consequence of language users using their language in innovative ways.
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