...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.)

YNBU at all.

The best one I heard was when I complimented a DCs friends dress at a church do once. Because I wanted to get DD one similar.

Reply: "Thankyou, it was inherited".

Me:

Why not just say it's passed down/handed down there's no shame in it.

@StealthPolarBear but don't you have to use cheeses sometimes?
Eg, if I ask a waiter " how many different cheese do you have on your cheeseboard? " surely that needs an S?

I'll let you have that although I'd probably say "types of cheese"
(well actually I'd say "bring me the edam" but that's a different issue)

@JonSnowsWife - maybe her granny left it to her in her will

I only even hear it in the legal context, that I can live with.

I think you'd be very silly to use it otherwise.

@theymademejoin .

To be fair, it was a very middle class church, I left in the end. Didnt have enough £ to put in their coffers regularly you see.

But I should add that I hate, loathe and despise the phrase 'with all the trimmings'. And that's one I hate! - "despise" no longer means "find this person despicable" "this person behaves in ways I think beneath me" and has become yet another way to say "I really don't like this". If you've been brought up with "despise" in the former sense, hearing it applied to an inanimate object is bewildering. But language changes, and once you've been around a few years, you have to accept people use language in ways they didn't when you were young.

@Wall0ps you find this a lot as a new parent. Other new parents will talk about having 'researched' say the effects of vaccines and it turns out their research is reading some crackpot website that claims the mercury in vaccines cause blood poisoning and herd immunity is a myth. Or they've 'researched' formula milk and it turns out FF babies are 30 IQ points below breastfed babies etc.

Pity some of them wouldn't research the NHS website for more reliable information.

But I should add that I hate, loathe and despise the phrase 'with all the trimmings'

I can't stand this one either, not from an English purist point of view but rather because I think it just sounds ridiculous.

I find extreme choices in language make the speaker generally look foolish. Example: dehydrated instead of thirsty, furious/incensed instead of irritated, exhausted instead of tired, and so on.

YANBU. Gifted is very American and it drives me up the wall. As does 'flavourful' and 'healthful'. I always want to shriek 'We already have perfectly good words for those, you idiot!'

Lurker, that's a really good question about why people get so wound up by these fashions in language. I get very upset about British people adopting Americanisms, even logical, sensible ones like "meeting with", because I see them as signs of US cultural hegemony.
I also get a lot of unpleasant comments and assumptions because of my accent - people assume that I need to have phrases such as "raison d'être" translated into English for me - so I really notice other people's speech and I get quite indignant that the very people who patronise me make mistakes that I wouldn't make.

I'm starting The Society For Not Putting 'ed' On The End Of Things

Then I'm starting the "Society for Not Leaving 'ed' Off the End of Things"

It's TEXTED. Not TEXT.

I get very upset about British people adopting Americanisms, even logical, sensible ones like "meeting with"

I have to ask: what is your preferred alternative?

Do you object to 'meet' being used as a noun as in 'meeting'?

I don't think this could be considered an Americanism.

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

They can be, but it isn't always correct. If you have a room for of whole cheeses, you can say "how many cheeses are on x shelf?". How much cheese would be the wrong question, since you want to know the number of whole wheels or rounds of a cheese.

No one is slightly embarrassed any more, they are mortified. Nor do they just have a headache or a cold, it's a really bad headache or flu.

Also drinks and nibbles - are you going to stand around like fucking squirrels, nibbling your food?

Also using myself instead of me or I.

Can I put in a plea for 'ily' to make a comeback?

It's not 'eating healthy' it's eating healthily. You didn't hear Listen with Mother saying 'are you sitting comfortable?' did you? No. Right. That.

Curry how many pieces of cheese?
Tjere are loads of threads on here who advise people to stay hydrated. "don't get thirsty" is what we used to say in the 80s

I agree OP

Zap may I add 'eating clean'

Also drinks and nibbles - are you going to stand around like fucking squirrels, nibbling your food?

Downeaster agreed. I dislike "nibbles" for possibly the same reason as I dislike "snacks" - it sounds so toddler-ish. Have some food, or don't. Don't "nibble" or "snack".

Canapés works far better than nibbles, and has the added benefit of being French.

Can’t stand “gifted”. Urgh. You were GIVEN it.

Yanbu!

I hate it when people say they loaned money from someone instead of they borrowed it.

Or they weighted themselves instead of weighed themselves.

Many a Mumsnet poster implores readers to "bare with me" . I always see myself and the poster prancing naked around a bonfire at midnight.