The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90104   Message #1705146
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
28-Mar-06 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: De-Gifting
Subject: RE: BS: De-Gifting
Gee, and here I was hoping this thread would be about getting people to stop using "gift" as a verb.

A "gift" is something that is "given". "Give" is a perfectly good verb that describes exactly what one does with a gift. "Give" has worked perfectly well for hundreds of years and I, for one, see no reason to use "gift" as a verb in its place.