The overuse of the word "gifted"

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I have noticed on a couple of forums I frequent (including mumsnet) the overuse of the word gifted. "I gifted myself some perfume". (erm, no, you bought some perfume for yourself to use. "I gifted my friend my pram". (you gave your pram) There are some times the word gifted can stand - but is this a new trend that has crept in.....
Okay its Monday, I'm feeling curmudgeonly after reading this term used once again on another forum
AIBU?

Do I stand alone!

I absolutely hate "gifted"

It's dictionary definition should be :

To offload tat onto someone else and reframe it as an act of largesse

Yes !

I heard a UK YouTuber say it's "addicting" instead of addictive recently

@DemonicCaveMaggot interesting. Thank you.

Agree with everything here 😬

I’d like to add ‘impactful’ as in ‘we need to make sure the upcoming changes are impactful’ rather than ‘changes which have an impact’ (which is a bit daft in itself but still).

Also common in my sector: ‘speak in to’ instead of giving your fucking opinion on something. Urgh.

Best post of the day!😂

The only other word that comes close to how I feel about the use of gifting is when Kate is photographed in the the press, and of course "we" have to know who the designer is, and if she rewears an outfit and this is referred to as "recycling". (you know thirty Kate recycles her £2000 jacket which she has worn twice.) No, this is not recycling, this is what we do every day of our lives, re-wear the clothes that are hanging in our wardrobes.

Okay that felt good to get all that off my chest!

I love it. You're taken by surprise for a sec- is that a word - and then you realise you understood perfectly what they said and there is no ambiguity. It's cool and fresh and I love a bit of newness in our language/s. Haha.

I've just learned what 'curmudgeonly' means- that one I needed to look up.

Oh I have found my people!!!!!

I thought this thread was going to be about precious 'gifted' kids who essentially are just little walking fucks but no, it is so much more. SO much more.

One of mine gets corrected every time he says this. Very annoying. I hate Americanisms in this house. Three teens so it is rampant.

Pretty much everything mentioned previously, plus ‘journey’. Everything is a fucking journey. It isn’t, unless it’s in vehicle of some kind.

I even saw someone talk about their crochet journey once.
What they meant was that they’d learnt how to crochet.

YANBU. IT's like the overuse of "yourself."

It's less well-educated people trying to sound posh.

I agree with you.

Please can we also consign incorrect use of "myself" and "yourself" to the bin? I blame The Apprentice for this. And estate agents

Yes!!!

Obviously

Used when there is no way it's obvious, not seen it on a forum just hear it all the time

Oh God I hate "reached out" so much

Also "learnings".

Road map

Art of the possible

And Bible (unless talking about ACTUAL Bible- you know the one that GOD wrote - not you Dave in compliance)

You are not alone! Too many things to list, but sentences like the following currently raise my BP: “I mean… I’m not bias, but they shouldn’t of casted him! I literally died.”

Gifting just sounds too much like fisting. I don’t know how my brain made that connection, but here we are.
Uptick. No, increase.

Definitely all of these as well as....
'On sale'..... as in this top was on sale... it was £50, I got it for 2.50. Of course it's bloody on sale, you wouldn't be able to buy it otherwise.

Poop......wtf!! What's wrong with a good old fashioned poo?

I know language is constantly evolving and am not moaning about that it's the increasing usage of Americanisms.....grrrrrr

This is my particular bugbear.

I bought my DD some cosmetics and bits and pieces the other day. She promptly went to "unbox" them and videoed said unboxing for the benefit of her friends presumably all agog on the other end of Snapchat or Insta or whatever SM platform they are using these days.

I feel I'm in a parallel universe some days.

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"Pre-loved". "Pre-order".
What kind of strangulation of the English language is this?!

Normalcy - AAGH! Agree about gifted and all the others mentioned

Probably because the influencers always say it! #gifted my £2,000 twin pram because I couldn't possibly afford it myself.

Makes me wonder if these companies 'gift' baby banks prams or is it just well off celebrities 🤔.

I agree with you all, although ‘gifted’ is at the top of my list.

"Sourced" drives me nuts.

"I sourced some earrings from etsy!!!"
Agggggrrrrrr!

See also: shop -

You can shop it here.
Click the link to shop the collection.

Why?!

Also colour way. Why not just colour?! As in, 'these shoes are available in 4 colour ways'.