Merriam-Webster chooses ‘gaslighting’ as its word of the year for 2022

Merriam-Webster has chosen ‘gaslighting’ as its word of the year for 2022 (Simon Jacobs/PA)

Merriam-Webster has chosen “gaslighting” as its word of the year for 2022.

Searches for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But unlike many other words of the year, there was not one single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity around the word.