Where did this 'gifted' shit come from?

[jaF0]

I 'gifted' something to someone.

I was 'gifted' something.

What the fuck happened to 'I gave someone a gift' and 'I received a gift'?

Were these fucking idiots who use 'gifted' in some sort of school for the gifted as kids?

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Same place phrases like "good optics" and shit like that come from. Some stick and stay with us for the long haul and some last a few months and are forgotten.
A lot of our old turns of phrase are going away simply because they make even less sense now than they did before due to tech changes, lifestyle changes, etc.
One I wonder about is the way people motion to roll down your car window. The cranking motion is still very much accepted and understood but for how long?

 

[Jada59]

The one that gets me is "reached out to me/him/her". What they really mean is "called" or "texted". To me, "reached out", means asking for advice.

I am guilty of the "gifted" though. Not sure why I started using it but it usually applies to things I don't want.

 

[Conager]

The one that gets me is "reached out to me/him/her". What they really mean is "called" or "texted". To me, "reached out", means asking for advice.

I am guilty of the "gifted" though. Not sure why I started using it but it usually applies to things I don't want.

Not nearly as bad as "hit me up."

 

[jaF0]

To me, "reached out", means ...

... a 1970s telephone ad:

http://www.adglitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ATT-reach-out-and-touch-someone-bell-system.jpg

 

[FataMorgana]

Gifted annoys me too. But most things annoy me.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

... a 1970s telephone ad:

http://www.adglitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ATT-reach-out-and-touch-someone-bell-system.jpg

Almost certain that's where the current phrase came from.

 

[Jada59]

Not nearly as bad as "hit me up."

True.

 

[Jada59]

Almost certain that's where the current phrase came from.

That's what they say and yet nobody back then said it. It didn't start being used that way until a few years ago.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

That's what they say and yet nobody back then said it. It didn't start being used that way until a few years ago.

Yeah, I don't recall hearing it on the regular until years later but the marketing campaign was highly successful and it stayed in our collective consciousness so ultimately was used in shorter form later on.
That's my theory anyway.

 

[jaF0]

Reach out .....



http://thefifthpercentile.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/smack_in_face_slap_computer.jpg

 

[BrokenBarbie]

Pulled from “regifted”, maybe?

Damned Seinfeld...

 

[phrodeau]

https://img.discogs.com/QkqKpwbYvyVnW2yrtH-9cJtu0XY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-517807-1330072377.jpeg.jpg

 

[Rightguide]

I 'gifted' something to someone.

I was 'gifted' something.

What the fuck happened to 'I gave someone a gift' and 'I received a gift'?

Were these fucking idiots who use 'gifted' in some sort of school for the gifted as kids?

Word aversion or word-squirm is a widespread:

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/12/gifting-is-not-a-verb/383676/
https://slate.com/human-interest/20...-slacks-crevice-why-do-people-hate-words.html

 

[Pookie]

I love it when "the geriatric" get all "up in arms" over "newfangled" thingamabobs.

 

[Rightguide]

I love it when "the geriatric" get all "up in arms" over "newfangled" thingamabobs.

Pookie projection, as she sadly observes her "newfangled" pendulous thingaboobs.

 

[Pookie]

Pookie projection, as she sadly observes her "newfangled" pendulous thingaboobs.

I'll wrap myself up in them to keep me warm at night, thank you very much.

You'll just have to use your chins.

 

[HisArpy]

I'll wrap myself up in them to keep me warm at night, thank you very much.

You'll just have to use your chins.

You know what's cool about all those "chins" you mentioned?

You can lift them yourself without using your hands.

 

[Pookie]

You know what's cool about all those "chins" you mentioned?

You can lift them yourself without using your hands.

I hear you can hide snacks between them too.

 

[LupusDei]

Could it be influence of non-native users who come from languages with unbroken word-making tools?

I for once can't wrap my mind about the "not-a-word" concept, if it can be constructed using basic grammar (or analogy, at worst) it does have inherent meaning just form that. Then, my native language have over eight hundred analytical forms for a verb, so that's me.

 

[jaF0]

Could it be influence of non-native users

I blame the Brits.

 

[HisArpy]

I hear you can hide snacks between them too.

I wouldn't know about any of that; not having multiple chins OR seeing the need to "hide" snacks.

 

[pantalaimonlyra]

Not nearly as bad as "hit me up."

Unless you're into that kind of thing.

Also, "Gift as a verb has a 400 year history of use and means 'to present someone with a gift.'"

 

[Sean]

This thread just made me realise that there is no word for the opposite of a gerund.

 

[Pookie]

I wouldn't know about any of that; not having multiple chins OR seeing the need to "hide" snacks.

It's good you see the positive side to your bulimia.