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No, it's not loaded (charged with an underlying meaning or implication), unless you're bringing along your own associations.

But it _is_ a careless misuse of a word that has a specific definition. Frankly, I can't remember the last time I saw it used properly.

It means "to manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity". It's from a 1940s film where a husband convinces his wife she's going insane, by manipulating the lights in their house.




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