"Gifted" :)

gcbryan

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When did the word "Gifted" become so popular? :)

I don't think it really is a verb is it? I haven't looked it up.

Until I came to CPF I rarely heard the word and when I did it was in reference to "gifted children".

Now it's used once or twice in almost every thread I read...."buy two lights and gift the one you don't like to someone else" or "I bought this light and gifted it to my father".

To all those who use this word in this way, did you use it at all before you came to CPF?

Just curious. :)
 

Flying Turtle

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I don't think I've ever used it as a verb, but it certainly is becoming common. Actually I kind of like the new usage, as it conveys the action of giving a gift as economically as possible, one short word. I'll probably eventually catch on and use it that way.

Geoff
 
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I hear it used in a 'fun' way, with roots from 're-gifting' an item that was unwanted. 'Gifting' would be the opposite - giving something nice enough for you to own yourself.
 

Glasstream15

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"AIN'T" is in the dictionary too. And it's usage is very common. Is it good English? Even the b&$^ar*&% version we speak in America?

Just some musings from an old guy.
 
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