Gifted!!!!! What is the fascination with this made up word??!!

[Lanzarotelady]

I have been gifted??!!

No you've been given!

Where has it come from and why?

Drives me insane.

Hate it. Used by influencers who tap their talons on the “gifted” item then waggle it at you in a manner that makes me want to shove it up their chuff.

I lowkey agree with you.

Don't forget "unboxing" 🙄

WhatATimeToBeAlive that sounds like it should also be in the shagging thread 😂

All words are invented, language naturally evolves. It only bothers me when people try to jam it down our throats, or change the meaning of a word. In this case, gifted means the same as given. And so long as you are not expected to use the new word and can use the word you already use, it's no big deal.

Gifted is a perfectly cromulent word

This one has annoyed me for years now - the use of the word "amazing" to describe something/someone quite nice but not exceptional. Something amazing should surely be really special i.e. it should literally amaze you.

Another bugbear I was moaning about just yesterday - words that are not finished properly. For example, with the missing letters in parenthesis:
She did amazing(ly)
Pack(ed) lunch
He is bias(ed)
Worse (worst) case scenario
First come first serve(d).

Language shifts, and words come and go... But some are still enraging! My personal peeve is "welcomed" instead of "gave birth to". I think it partly the euphemistic overtones that brush away the work a woman does to deliver a child.

I thought that gifted had a particular legal meaning, but it has been co-opted into everyday language because people think it makes them look more intelligent, or of a higher class or something. Like saying 'I' when you mean 'me'.

All words are made up. And usage drives what is correct, not the other way round. So you can hate it, I also have words that I hate, but you can’t claim it’s not a word.

I’ve recently seen:

Mash potato
Pack lunch

I think this must just be from people who are writing down things that they’ve misheard and not thought about.

Edit: Sorry, you already had the lunch one, got carried away 😅

Just had an email from a fashion website inviting me to “winterize my wardrobe.”

I agree. See also people who misuse reflexive pronouns.

POV. I just had to reach out to say that I was gifted some hair colour to cover my greys.

Iconic stuff, but I literally didn't use it because chemicals (YMMV). I just put it in my draw. Might regift if super stuck for gifting inspiration.

But I do like the aspect of informal spoken English that allows you to say: "no thank you I'm all tea'd up" in reply to the offer of a brew.

However gifted sets my teeth on edge.

YANBU. It drives me mad. Even the National Trust are at it now “this house was gifted in 1948”.

No, it was DONATED in lieu of death duties.

I'm with you OP, thankfully I 've have never hear it used IRL. I also hate that Americanism "normalcy". It's "normality" you fool.

I hate the sudden prevalence of this word. It puts the onus on the giver not the receiver.

eg I gifted baby things to SIL

is just reframing offloading tat to the unsuspecting as an act of great largesse

It’s in all the dictionaries now.

language evolves 🤷‍♀️

I mentally file it under 'a FB/SM word.'

I know language evolves, I get that,
It just gets on my tits!

Theres is another thread on here, clothes or a mini break with some money she has been gifted! She has been given money!

Am I allowed to use curated; I run a gallery 😀

@rolloverbeethoven nonetheless I bite my thumb at “gifted”