It’s weird, but also more specific. You can give someone a haircut, give someone guff, give someone herpes, but you wouldn’t say “gifted” in those contexts.
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coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Off topic, but I feel like I hopped timelines to where people started using, “gifted” instead of “gave.” When did that start?
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
UmeU@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My ex wife gifted me some herpes.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Not really, it’s just laziness.
“He was given 50 bananas as a gift” is the correct way to say it
The “gifted” bit is just the magical English language and its ability to verbify anything into a verb
MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Gift has been used as a verb for the entire history of Modern English. Unless you are speaking Middle English, gift is equally correct.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yes it’s been around for ages, but not colloquially or informally used until about 20 years ago, just about the time where people started typing a lot!
MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
About 400 years ago. Is this a really sly way of revealing you’re a vampire?