Can posters please stop saying ...

[EasterIsland]

... "gifted" instead of "given" [to you] or "gave" [to someone else].

Thank you.

YANBU they think it makes them sound less scroungy but it doesn’t

Bill Bailey talks about the 'gifting season' in one of his shows. 'Commence gifting! Gifting gifting gifting.'

No .. i might say it more.

YANBU

Unreasonable request

YANBU. Unless it's in regards to money being gifted from one party to another for a deposit on a house, in which case it is gifted.

Why not?

depending on context it’s perfectly appropriate.

Being given something isn’t the same as being gifted something.

Can posters please stop telling other posters what to say. You dont own the internet

🙄

You could of said you didn’t want to be gifted (see what I did there), should of, could of

I've never said it but can't see the big deal

I’d also like it if they stopped saying, ‘Can someone recommend me a…’.

Feels wrong to tell people to stop using a word being used correctly.

There’s a far worse crime on here. Using “text” as a past participle.

It’s texted

christ.

Agree @EasterIsland also 'Can I get?' and playdates , when did that creep in ?

From Websters

"Gift as a verb has a 400-year history of use and means “to present someone with a gift.” Some feel strongly that give is the correct word, but gift-as-a-verb is an acceptable and efficient alternative."

So I'll use it if I want to (I don't generally...)

Can people please put posts in the correct places

But to give and to gift are different, so would each be used in their respective appropriate contexts. YABU.

Now, for the poster up thread who said 'could of' I may need to have a word....

Nee-naw. 🚨

YABU. It’s not a problem really is it. There’s a thread somewhere where you post expressions you dislike though.

Gift is German for poison. As a German speaker, all the gifting of gift amuses me.

You can ask, as many others have. But I suspect all your thread will do is UP the number of times it's used.

I have never used 'gifted'.

However, I do dislike bossy widgets so shall I tell you about what I was gifted at Christmas and what I gifted everyone else?

Yes, please.

I can't bare it; they really need to reign it in.

I never started saying it. I agree OP, it's total shite. Sounds so pretentious.

Whilst I agree it’s annoying, you don’t have the right to tell people what they can say. YABU