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[stickeravenger]

The English language ALREADY HAS a word to describe the action of making a present of something to someone: the word is TO GIVE. The object of this verb is a GIFT. The word in new usage, "gifted," as in the past tense of "to gift" something (i.e., a bastard cousin of the beautiful "make a gift of") is SO ANNOYING

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[wordling]

Thank you for gifting this post to us. Will you perhaps also borrow me some money?

[eatsoylentgreen]

it's interesting, though, that the verb "to regift" is more intelligible than "to regive"

[stickeravenger]

Yes, definitely--syntactically. My main objections to the verb "gift" come from an emotional, rather than rational, place. I'm in that weird language boat where I both want and do not want constant linguistic change. :)

[eatsoylentgreen]

yes, most everything is good and bad.

[stickeravenger]

right. :)