• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Yes it’s been around for ages, but not colloquially or informally used until about 20 years ago, just about the time where people started typing a lot!

    • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Even if that were true, I fail to see how that would make it incorrect. And I don’t think it is. I’ve heard gift used that way my entire life, which I wish was only twenty years long so far. Perhaps it was regional until more recently.