Died/passed… any preference?

i can't use the D word in the same sentence as my daughter's name. too final. I use She passed away

I prefer died to passed away. There is no "nice" way to put it and death is final - it hurts, it's tough to deal with and it's hard to accept, but it's one of the certainties of life.

Kicked the bucket is another British term for death 🙂

I can't believe it has been nearly 14 months since my late partner made her transition. She was a licensed spiritual practitioner and chaplain. In the ministry she belonged to that was the terminology they used: "transitioning". At first I thought it was a cumbersome affectation, but the more I thought about it, it achieved the purpose the were striving for. Whether those they were trying to comfort and assist believed in the hereafter, reincarnation, were agnostic and weren't sure, or atheist and assumed there was nothing more, their dearly departed was making their transition to whatever was next. It didn't presume to force any belief system on anyone, and wasn't so blunt as referring to them as being dead which is an invitation to some to give voice to their belief systems -- "oh, they are not dead, they" whatever.

In journalism, the rule I learned was that you didn't use any sort of euphemism for death. You just said that someone had died. Of course, I see a lot of variance from that.

I feel like passed is more polite.

Dead is dead. I say died. Others mince words and think it is more kind to say passed. I can pass a vehicle on the highway. Dead means died.

My roommate is a nurse and at the hospital they use the term 'expired'

"Passed" on its own might be American; but whatever its origin, the normal British version is "passed away", not just "passed".

If someone's loved one has recently died, I'll use the term passed away.
If its been a while, like in my mom case, I'll say she died 6 years ago yesterday. (She did on May 4).

I always used Died.
I think passed is used with the intention that someone has passed over to "The Other Side" and is now with God.

I believe in passing onto something else, energy transforming into something else. That is why I say pass

If someone dies in their sleep, you could say they ‘passed away.

Whereas if they overdosed it was an ‘overdose’

If they topped themselves it was a ‘suicide’

If it was by an accident they ‘died tragically’

If they got between me and the kettle in morning. Then ‘they had it coming’

Died just sounds so final, and yes it is but saying passed imo is less harsh. Especially if you're talking about it to or around the bereaved.

Passed on. It's all but a journey any way

Thank you all for some really interesting replies.

I grew up with "passed away" and "died." I usually use those two terms and never use "passed."

In our church they use the term "graduated"

My preference is to do neither.

"Passed away" is a gentler way to put it...

I say passed bc it sounds less harsh

I say 'passed away'.

Passed is a gentler term

I say pass on or passed on

I've known some people who were near death and have had the same opinion. "Don't sugarcoat it. We need to face death. I will die."

But there's also a lot of social norms about softening blunt language so uh. Frankly, just navigate that terrain as you see fit. You may offend someone but maybe it's right to offend them? IDK. No right answers.

Passed

{@petermatureuk2022] alway said passed started when my dad did and was upset over his sudden death i could not use the word died

I plan to croke. If I'm unlucky I might get snuffed out though.

stop'd breathing

Feeding the worms

you guys are at 2500 excess deaths per week.

passing sounds way better than murdered by gubberment...

It's an annoying phrase. If you are dead then you are dead.

'Passing to the other side' is for the feeble-minded....

It’s considered more polite to say someone has "passed away" rather than died, in many parts of the U.S., especially in the South, and the term isn’t new, so it is likely among the "Americanisms" that have finally reached your shores. Basically, however my loved ones need to describe my final permanent absence, shall we say, that helps them with the grieving process, is fine with me.
I’ll be beyond caring, and it won’t change a thing. 😊

🤔..........They passed and died..............

Im only guessing here, but i wonder if 'passed on' or 'passed away', is a term used more by people who have a spiritual belief.
Ie: they believe they havent so much as died, but passed on to nivarna/heaven/paradise .🤷‍♀️

Died. There is nowhere to pass to, death is the end.

is dead or has died is my preference. one day i will die and from that point forward i will be dead.

overall, i just want to use the language the bereaved prefers

"....was live." As in Facebook.

When i die/pass it makes no difference, i shall be dead. It woll be for those left behind to decide what they feel about it