...to shriek that you don't mean "gifted", you mean "given"?

[ArcheryAnnie]

I don't "gift" people things, I give them things. I am not "gifted" things, I am given things.

I hate it so much that i have come to even hate the word "gift" used as a noun, and prefer "present" instead.

(And yes I know my hate is disproportionate. While I'm here I also hate the words "munch" and "snack", too.)

I think that's it though. All these words have their place. Gifted is an accounting and legal term I assume. Cohort has its place in research and education. But these sorts of words are creeping into common use and it just sounds too try-hard.

@CoalTit - and don't forget "I was sat" or "I was stood". They drive me mad.

However, you can present a gift to someone. That's much better than bequeathing as at least you're alive while presenting.

YES OP I fucking hate it too! Hate it! Signs in shops saying "Gifting" . People on here saying they have been "gifted" an xbox or whatever. Grrrrrr.

I agree with a PP who said it sounds pompous - you can "gift" your priceless collection of Rembrandts to the National Gallery (if you must) but "gifting" someone something small and routine just sounds so WANK.

And longestlurkerever I don't know why it makes me so mad. There are quite a lot of words and usages that make me want to stick forks in my eyes but it's not just about being pedantic, it can also be just particular words.

I really hate words that come with that ring of pretentiousness and self-conscious twattery (even if not meant that way) and "gifting" is in that category.

But if presents can also be called gifts, then we can have 'presented' and 'gifted', isn't that logical?

I dunno. I'm tying myself in knots here.

:o

A quick google suggests that using gifted as a verb has been around since the 16th Century. It's just been used more frequently in the last 30 years or so. I can't help thinking that shrieking at this is equivalent to shrieking at the tides.

:o

I know I'm wrong, I know all about how language use changes and all that guff.

Doesn't stop me getting MAD though

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It's just been used more frequently in the last 30 years or so

It’s been used exponentially more frequently in only about the past 5 years, though.

‘My colleague has a lemon tree and has gifted me a bag of lemons’

What is wrong with ‘given’ in this sentence? It’s 100% clear that they’re a gift, and using ‘gifted’ achieves nothing other than sounding slightly pretentious.

The use of "researched" to mean "I've Googled it and Wikepedia says"

Yanbu. It's annoying.

I have tasked DH with buying some to gift the dogs.

Take that, OP.

And for one that’s just plain wrong: it’s a PACKED lunch. Not a pack lunch. PACKED.

Or 'sourced' meaning I clicked 'buy it now' on amazon

Hurrah! Gifted and foodie made me hurt.
You gave and you like food.

Oh and ‘sourced’ makes me unwell.

Whilst we are at it can we stop people saying foods. Either food or, if you are being poncy, foodstuffs. You don't say sheep's so don't say foods

@Wall0ps - The use of "researched" to mean "I've Googled it and Wikepedia says"

Although that is marginally better than using research to mean "I spoke to my nutty neighbour who supports my equally nutty views"

I just eavesdropped on a young woman telling her friend that she lost her backpack on a bus and then managed to "source" it after ringing up the bus company.

I really don't understand why it is annoying - the OP makes it sound like it's a new trendy phrase people have picked up on, rather than a real word.

However I do hate the word munch. Like snacks though, yum!

Unbox is worse than gifted imo.

No user I feel the same about cheeses breads and soups. These are words that can be used in singular or plural already

YY Stealth bloody paul "uber tan" hollywood and his breads

"Grab a coffee "or "grab lunch", who in Gods name does that ? Up until recently it was "have coffee " or" have lunch" now we are apparently grabbing it.Drives me bonkers .Another one is "too funny" or" too cute", what happened to "so funny" or "so cute"?

@Tiredtomybones I am a German teacher. Once in a speaking exam the role play card instructed child to explain to a shop assistant (me) that they wanted a present for their mother.
Child said "ich möchte Gift für meine Mutter". It was really hard not to laugh and stick to the script which instructed me to say something along the lines of "yes of course, we have lots of choice"
*translation for non German speakers, child said " I would like poison for my mother"

Oh God, unboxing! And what is with unboxing videos? There are people unboxing things like a toaster. It's a bloody toaster, what are you going to find while unboxing it apart from the toaster you ordered?!?!