It’s GIVEN not GIFTED FFS !!!

[TriflePudding]

Oh god it’s all over Facebook and it’s driving me crazy - “I have here to gift ...a tatty old sofa I can’t be arsed to get rid of myself so I’m fobbing it off on someone else”
or “I have been gifted a bag of baby clothes but they are too small, does anyone know if anyone in need ?”
Or “looking to gift some donations to local women’s refuge/children’s hospital- who do I get in touch with ?”

JUST FUCK OFF !! Say “given” and while we are at it just donate stuff quietly without any fanfare !

YABU - it is perfectly acceptable to use “gifted” as a verb

Or

YANBU - the word “gifted” being used as a verb was invented by Beelzebub himself.

Please feel free to add your own !

YADNBU.

Other horrors:

“Podium” is also ONLY a noun, not a verb. Ditto “medal.” One cannot podium or medal. One stands on a podium and wears a medal.

“Invite” is a verb, not a noun. “Invitation” is a noun. There is no such thing as a “wedding invite.” It’s a bloody wedding INVITATION. Gaaaahhhhhhhh.

I feel so much better now!

Invite gets me too. Gifted doesn't induce the same rage but YANBU at all

Nouns used instead of adjectives are really grinding too -

"I'm tan"

"Its chill"

"So cringe"

Not to mention the ubiquitous "wanna".

Or the inappropriate swearing because someone, somewhere has read that "fuck" is a good Anglo-Saxon word - yes, it might be, but its also really rude if used in the wrong setting.

YANBU. I completely agree. I feel violent when I see the wrong your/you're used too.

There is no such thing as a “wedding invite.”
Of course there is. It's not the physical object, it's the intangible thing it represents. That's the wedding invite.

According to the dictionary, gift can be a noun or a verb. So YABU.

blow out. Spoke to someone perfectly sane last week and then they mentioned a blow out. No, it's a bloody blow dry

Wanna, kinda, sorta - have seen these often on MN over the past year or so. Why grown women want to come across like they're some young thing from a US sitcom, I'll never know.

@NotFabulousDarling

There is no such thing as a “wedding invite.” Of course there is. It's not the physical object, it's the intangible thing it represents. That's the wedding invite.

According to the dictionary, gift can be a noun or a verb. So YABU.

Still a noun, therefor ‘invitation’

Languages evolve shock.

Reached out - contacted/texted/called fhs!

Hahaha thank you all for your contributions, I wholeheartedly agree with all of them !

I know it's not quite what you mentioned, but on Instagram it absolutely does make a difference in terms of advertising t&cs. It is a requirement to show you have posted in exchange for money and/or the products being shown.

Since you posted in AIBU I will say yes, you are.

Not everyone has had the luxury of a standard level education, never mind a good one. Add to that many people are just not as clever as you.

I hate the way people are laughed at because they don't excel in English.

You are very fortunate that you have a good grasp of language but please don't think you are any better then anyone else. If people are using the wrong word they are almost certainly not doing it to piss you off.

@MrsSpenserGregson

YADNBU.

Other horrors:

“Podium” is also ONLY a noun, not a verb. Ditto “medal.” One cannot podium or medal. One stands on a podium and wears a medal.

“Invite” is a verb, not a noun. “Invitation” is a noun. There is no such thing as a “wedding invite.” It’s a bloody wedding INVITATION. Gaaaahhhhhhhh.

I feel so much better now!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Hate it when my friend tells me she ‘seen my aunt today’ or visited ‘Asdas or Tescos or the cinemas.’

Shakespeare used invite for invitation.

Commonly used by American sports commentators: winningest - hurts every time!

THANK YOU! I hate this new trend of using gifted as a verb.

'Please get back to myself as soon as possible.'

'I will send yourself an email when it's ready.'

YANBU neither can somebody borrow you some money. They lend it to you and you borrow it from them. Drives me mad!

The thing bugging me at the moment ( very bored, I know) is home interiors magazines making reference to “ sourcing” items.
“ I sourced this table from .....blah, blah, blah”. It’s everywhere.

No, you fucking bought it after having a little look ont Interweb.

@Billandben444

Reached out - contacted/texted/called fhs!

The punchline here is that the word “contact” has only been accepted as a verb in recent years. Throughout the 20th century, its use in this context was controversial... for the exact same reason that’s being discussed on this thread.

Plus ça change...

www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-contact-a-verb

@WonkyCactus

THANK YOU! I hate this new trend of using gifted as a verb.

Can I add parent(ing) and birth(ing).

I also loathe Can I get instead of the May I have, we were in a little cafe in the Dales and someone said Can I get.....(something or other. The little old lady running the place single handed said No, stay there, I'll get it for you. The customer looked most put-out.

I know where you are coming from and used to shudder at gifted, however.... the phrase ‘I would like to gift’ is a handy one as the word gift in this context carried a meaning additional to give in that it implies you don’t want a cash reward. That’s useful for social media so I can accept it in that context as it avoids having to go in to an explanation about I am giving for free, I am not expecting recompense...

When something is described as being 'on sale'.... of course its on sale if it's being sold FFS.... what's wrong with saying 'it's in the sale'... or even...its been reduced!!!