Oy, another word has gotten verbed or adjectived. A pet peeve of mine is "gift" and "gifted" when "give" or "gave" would be just fine.
"They home-birthed and home-schooled eight children, wore thrifted clothes, drove a rusty car and farmed." (a homesteading family profiled in "They're living off the land and preparing for disaster" by Anemona Hartocollis in the New York Times, April 12, 2026, page 13 in the national edition)
It's "thrifted" that especially stuck in my craw .... since it rhymes with "gifted"?
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