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JustABozoOnThisBus

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8. Thanks to all, I think I'm closer to understanding.

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:52 PM

Sep 2018

"Ratfucking" seems easy and obvious.

"Gaslighting" is more subtle, and the victim may not know there is ratfucking going on or that someone else is doing it.

"Passive-aggressive", well, I'll have to keep puzzling on that one. It seems like a coping mechanism.

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Can someone explain the words "ratfucking" and "gaslighting"? [View all] JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 OP

Google both terms. The definition is the first thing up for both . . . Journeyman Sep 2018 #1

Gaslighting is from an old movie with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #2

Passive agressive MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #3

Thanks to all, I think I'm closer to understanding. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #8

I specialize in passive aggressive 😊 MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #9

So does my husband. ;) cynara88 Jul 2019 #12

Gaslighting ariadne0614 Sep 2018 #4

Ratfucking is a Nixonian term revived to describe Karl Rove's methods. byronius Sep 2018 #5

Here's my best 'passive aggressive' example ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #6

Passive aggressive. See Melania. gibraltar72 Sep 2018 #7

Gaslighting is like asserting what someone experienced didn't happen JonLP24 Oct 2018 #10

k and r..good examples, and good definitions.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #11