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Do you use the word "gifting"?

BirkiLady — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:02:58 GMT

Or, do you use the word "gift" or "give"?

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

hellie jo — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:07:15 GMT

@BirkiLady wrote:
Or, do you use the word "gift" or "give"?

I would say I'm going to GIVE you a GIFT. I have never used the word gifting.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

lovesrecess — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:12:49 GMT

gift is a noun
give is a verb

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

Marp — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:14:16 GMT

I'm going to give.

I will be gifting.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

sunshine45 — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:15:43 GMT

@lovesrecess wrote:
gift is a noun
give is a verb

gift is also a verb

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

sunshine45 — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:17:37 GMT

"i am gifting my children money so i can get a tax write off."

i use both give and gift. it really depends on the situation.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

september — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:30:43 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
"i am gifting my children money so i can get a tax write off."

i use both give and gift. it really depends on the situation.

If my children were to read this....they would be thinking....I hope Sunshine45 is my mom!

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

lovesrecess — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:47:58 GMT

Gift is not a verb; it is just being used as one by salespeople. Misusing a word does not make it something it isn't. I know I am speaking to deaf ears, so that is the end of that.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

Marp — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:42:41 GMT

@lovesrecess wrote:

Gift is not a verb; it is just being used as one by salespeople. Misusing a word does not it something it isn't.

gift

[gift]

noun

something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
the act of giving.
something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.

a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.

verb (used with object)

to present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with.
to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

Bridgegal — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:45:02 GMT

No, and I don't used 'gifted' either. UGH.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

fortune — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:59:11 GMT

@BirkiLady wrote:
Or, do you use the word "gift" or "give"?

@BirkiLady

I guess if you like to turn a noun into a verb, such as dinnering, you could use gifting. I hate it, though.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

stevieb — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:01:48 GMT

Increasingly, I do in some contexts. It's a hybrid of gift giving.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

occasionalrain — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:05:47 GMT

Never, it's pretentious.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

sunshine45 — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:05:59 GMT

thank you @Marp!

"Gift has been a verb for 400 years. It is real. It is not new"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

Drythe — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:25:52 GMT

@fortune wrote:
@BirkiLady wrote:
Or, do you use the word "gift" or "give"?
@BirkiLady
I guess if you like to turn a noun into a verb, such as dinnering, you could use gifting. I hate it, though.

@BirkiLady

So totally with you I could send you 100 hearts.

I call it the verbing of our language.

No I do not gifting with someone

Nor do I say "this will be useful for hosting"

I will not conversate either.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

libbyannE — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:27:04 GMT

@BirkiLady

I don’t use it as a verb, but “gift” is both a verb and a noun.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

BirkiLady — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:32:39 GMT

@sunshine45 I also give (or present or send) my son, DIL and grandson money so I'm able to receive a tax deduction.

The money is never gifting (?) or gifted to them. It it given to them as a gift or present.

ETA: It's apparent my mom was an editor for the newspaper, isn't it? My BIL was also an editor for a FL newspaper and my sister was a reporter! I minored in English in college. LOL

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

sunshine45 — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:31:38 GMT

@BirkiLady wrote:
@sunshine45 I also give (or present or send) my son, DIL and grandson money so I'm able to receive a tax deduction.

The money is never gifting (?) or gifted to them. It it given to them as a gift or present.

@BirkiLady

but both ways are correct.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

on the bay — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 09:27:13 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
thank you @Marp!

"Gift has been a verb for 400 years. It is real. It is not new"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb

@sunshine45-

I was just going to say that there is a cute explanation of how and when "gifting" became popular (we can blame Jerry Seinfeld and friends).

I think as @occasionalrain said, "gifting" does sound pretentious.

To hear someone say "I shall be gifting.."

sounds like a British wannabe or just not necessary.

Why not I'm going to give them a dang gift, alright?!😄

It's funny how it being used as a verb, does bring out our disdain, disgust etc as merriam- webster talked about.

Re: Do you use the word "gifting"?

ms traditional — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 11:26:45 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
thank you @Marp!

"Gift has been a verb for 400 years. It is real. It is not new"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb

i appreciate the link. i see they don't give references which is a shame. i am curious if it was used colloquially then or formally - but this gives no clue.