"Pizen" > wrote in news:6akyd.864$lm.14
@bignews1.bellsouth.net:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> Someone gifted David with a chocolate mouse cake at work, which
>> really capped off the meal.
>>
>> We're full and happy!
>
> Perhaps I'm being a grinch at this alleged festive time of the year,
> but I must take issue with the use of the word "gifted" as a verb.
> "Gifted" is an adjective, meaning endowed with talent or ability, or
> revealing special ability (Pizen is a gifted jerk; Pizen presented a
> gifted demonstration of his jerkiness). I recognize and appreciate
> the Usenet as a medium for the exchange of information and ideas, and
> I mean no offense to Wayne or anyone else, but what was wrong with
> using "gave"? There - I said it, and I am ready for all jibes and
> jeers. At least I didn't expound on the nature of what exactly is a
> chocolate "mouse" cake.
>
> No, Santa doesn't stop by here anymore. I wonder why?

FWIW, I use the word "gifted" as a verb when I mean that someone was given
a gift. OTOH, we "give" people things all the time, but they are not
necessarily gifts. Use of the word "gifted" as a verb has a long history,
not started by me.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.