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barneyventure

Senior Member
french
Dear all,

Can we use "yourself" with lavish?
Are there a better way to put it?

Thanks
Hello Barney. I can't think of any circumstances where I might say lavish myself. What exactly is it you're wanting to say?
Ewie,

That would be lavish yourself with the positive vibrations of...
Or maybe, wrap yourself in/with the positive vibrations of ...

hmm sounds weird, cannot think of a better one!

thanks
I wanted to say no just because I don't like it, but I guess if you can lavish your friends with expensive gifts, then you should be able to do the same for yourself:
Lavish yourself with expensive gifts -- you deserve it.

Not a bad answer, eh? Now I'm going to go lavish myself with praise. 👁 Smile :)
I think the object of lavish is what is being given, not the one to whom it is given.
So I may lavish gifts on my friends, but I may not lavish my friends with gifts.
I don't know if this is personal or general, but it means that I cannot lavish myself.
I can, however, spoil myself or indulge myself.
I think the object of lavish is what is being given, not the one to whom it is given.
So I may lavish gifts on my friends, but I may not lavish my friends with gifts.
I don't know if this is personal or general, but it means that I cannot lavish myself.
I can, however, spoil myself or indulge myself.

I think you are technically correct, but after years of reading advertising, I see that people are often exhorted to lavish yourself -- so I think I've succumbed to ad-speak.

And with that admission, I'm going to go lavish praise on myself -- effusive, extravagant, perhaps even fulsome, praise.
While you're doing that, Mr.Right, I'll put a vote in for Indulge yourself with the positive vibrations.

I'll vote for indulge yourself myself -- it always makes me think of a Balinese tub with floating frangipani petals. Then a quick toweling and over to the bed and drop in a quarter for some of those positive vibrations.
So I may lavish gifts on my friends, but I may not lavish my friends with gifts.
I agree: the proper construction is to lavish gifts on a lucky recipient. All the Oxford English Dictionary's transitive examples follow this pattern. Admittedly the Dictionary's most recent example is from 1861!
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