Very old practice. Looking at the discussion under specific examples (such as favorited) it becomes clear that we tend not to like or be resistant to the newer verb forms – dialogue is one. But sometimes even older examples prove bothersome, such as "partying".
My personal bug-bear is gift in verb form. It makes my skin crawl.
Yet this is a very old usage indeed. However, it's one that's been sustained in daily usage only in North America. So to my Aussie ears it always rings false when I come across sentences like "She gifted me a lovely pot plant for Christmas". Because in my part of the world we'd say "She gave me a lovely pot plant for Christmas." And "gave" seems perfectly adequate.
That said, as I understand it "gift" (v) embraces the idea of giving as a present, and in North America that seems to be distinguished from the ordinary giving of something ("I gave those old t-shirts to my sister so she could pack glassware."). So using the verb form of "gift" allows for a greater distinction of meaning and less ambiguity than using "gave" for both functions. But that intellectual appreciation hasn't helped me warm to the word one bit, alas.
See also verbed and anthimeria.
Very old practice. Looking at the discussion under specific examples (such as favorited) it becomes clear that we tend not to like or be resistant to the newer verb forms – dialogue is one. But sometimes even older examples prove bothersome, such as "partying".
My personal bug-bear is gift in verb form. It makes my skin crawl.
Yet this is a very old usage indeed. However, it's one that's been sustained in daily usage only in North America. So to my Aussie ears it always rings false when I come across sentences like "She gifted me a lovely pot plant for Christmas". Because in my part of the world we'd say "She gave me a lovely pot plant for Christmas." And "gave" seems perfectly adequate.
That said, as I understand it "gift" (v) embraces the idea of giving as a present, and in North America that seems to be distinguished from the ordinary giving of something ("I gave those old t-shirts to my sister so she could pack glassware."). So using the verb form of "gift" allows for a greater distinction of meaning and less ambiguity than using "gave" for both functions. But that intellectual appreciation hasn't helped me warm to the word one bit, alas.