It's not "passed" or "passed away", it's "died"

[SherlockHolmes]

So sick of this euphemism being used everywhere. It's not factual - no one has passed anywhere, they're dead.

I get it if it's someone close to you and you can't bring yourself to actually mention death, but it's being used in news reports etc. Utterly ridiculous.

I’m comfortable with passed away. Dd said it’s died. DH says fucking snuffed it. Either was the parrot is deceased.

Jesus, chill!

Passed away is fine by me. I have no idea where just saying "passed" has come from but it makes no sense to me as a way to describe death.

Agreed. My DF is 83 and will pass away here at home. Idgaf if op doesn't like whatever term I use. What a charmed life she must have.

I would usually say died but I can't imagine being annoyed by people saying passed away. There are multiple ways of saying many things, why should this be any different? Everyone knows what it means.

I've never heard anyone say unalived though! That's a bizarre new one on me, and sounds too jokey for anything other than a comedy context to me.

Totally agree.
Whenever I see that someone has "passed" I wonder what they have passed. Wind, water, the salt?

My dad died very recently. I use the word died because it helps me grieve.

It doesn't take a lot of imagination to think that, perhaps, other people use the words passed/ passed away because that is more helpful to them in their grieving process.

Are you recently bereaved, OP? I can imagine feeling really pissed off with people using the words that are unhelpful for me. Really, I'm actually pissed off that my previously healthy, not very old dad died when I wasn't expecting it.

There's a time and a place for 'died' and a time and place for 'passed'. You just need to learn which is which and stop pretending you're a world authority.

Maybe if it was your loved one, especially a child, you might find yourself gasping subconsciously or falling apart.

Prefer kicked the bucket myself

Agree absolutely.

Totally agree. I actually initially misunderstood something (the other day because iit had been written using 'passed' instead of 'died'.

It reminds me of DM who couldn't bring herself to say words like "period".

Just use die . It unambiguous..

This is the second identical thread in a fortnight. Personally I use died but I have had to professionally tell people their family members have died and you have to be unambiguous.
I won't however dictate to someone else the language they use to express a bereavement.

Quite.

I say DH has died.
If other people find it hard to say, and would rather say their loved one has passed or passed away, it doesn’t affect me in the slightest so I’m not going to be all sneery about how they choose to express the death of their loved one.

It’s just because dead and died are banned on TikTok.

Agreed.

Sorry for your loss is my bug bear…if god forbid a very close relative / friend died unexpectedly it would be even worse if that person was described as a loss !

Absolutely agree.

The only thing passed is wind!

Sorry to pick on your post but the term 'lost' is another one I find inappropriate. They haven't lost anyone, they know exactly where they are.

Was the use of 'passed', 'passed on' or 'passed away' not related to the concept of passing to another realm?

Let grieving people use whatever terminology they like, it’s no skin off your nose! Plus if you are a person of faith you DO believe that a person has passed on to another place and people are allowed to believe that too.

Agree - I hate the word 'perished' as well, which ive heard recently

Completely fine in casual context but not from official sources

Does it really matter?
I have found it very difficult to say died when I have lost people I love (and I've lost far too many)
I knew they had died but I couldn't say the word without crying. .
If using another phrase that everyone knows what it means makes it's easier to tell people and offers some comfort then so be it.

He passed wind?

Sorry, I’ll get my coat.