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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cinenym #138662 02/04/2005 12:46 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Cinenym, a word derived from a movie usage, e.g., gaslighted. "to manipulate (a person) by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity", from the 1944 movie Gaslight in which Charles Boyer's Gregory Anton attempts to convince Ingrid Bergman's Paula Alquist that she is going insane by altering the intensity of the gaslights in their apartment. Any other cinenyms? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cinenym Faldage 02/04/2005 12:46 AM Re: Cinenym tsuwm 02/04/2005 1:34 AM Re: Cinenym inselpeter 02/07/2005 12:52 AM Re: Cinenym tsuwm 02/07/2005 4:20 AM Re: Cinenym maverick 02/07/2005 8:53 AM Re: Cinenym Faldage 02/07/2005 11:11 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 20 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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