BABY Reindeer could follow the phrase “gaslighting” from the screen into popular use, experts say. The title of the Netflix smash has already been adapted as the phrase “baby reindeered” to refer to someone being victimised. 3 The show has become a huge success since it debuted on Netflix Credit: Netflix 3 The 'Real Life' stalker Fiona Harvey appearing on Piers Morgan's YouTube show Credit: PA Social media is rife with examples.
One X user said: “I’m literally being baby reindeered.” Tony Thorne, a language consultant at King’s College London, said: “It’s not surprising if people take a current reference from news, pop culture or entertainment to use as slang. “Kids use ‘to Brexit’ to mean make a blunder, and just recently people have said ‘I got completely sunak’d’ when soaked by sudden rain.
" read more showbiz TV SWIPE Sam Thompson reveals he’s been ‘snubbed’ by ITV as job goes to rival BACKING DANCER Giovanni's showbiz future hinges on Strictly's two most influential celebs He said the term ‘gaslighting’ which is now widely used to mean tricking a partner into believing that they are deluded comes from the title of a 1944 Hollywood movie. He added: “So it’s not a complete surprise if some people are announcing that they’ve been ‘baby reindeered’ if they feel - or more probably pretend - that they are being stalked. "In fact I had already recorded ‘doing a Martha’ to describe an obsessive stalker’s activities several.
