Joyce Fegan: What the word of 2022 reveals about us

'We live in a world where a war has been described as a “situation” and been told that the incitement of violence is actually the practice of free speech, and therefore must be protected, in other words, allowed'

Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in a scene from the 1944 film ‘Gaslight’.

Magenta is the colour, gaslighting is the word.

This week, it emerged that Twitter would no longer be enforcing its Covid misinformation policy. It wasn’t an official announcement. There was no press release. Instead, there was a simple edit made on the social media’s website.