NPR (Scott Neuman) - 'Decimate' means much more today than it did in ancient Rome
Today, most people know the word as a synonym for "destroy." But fewer realize its origins — or that it's come to mean something strikingly different than it once did.
NPR (Emma Bowman) - Are you sure you know what 'gaslighting' is?
Therapists say we're overusing the word. Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.
Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.'/Open