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Is burglarized a proper word?

  • 16-03-2017 4:55pm
    #1
    MargeS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭


    Is burglarized a proper word, or is the word burgled?
    I've only heard it being used in the last couple of years. I presumed it was an Americanism :confused:


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    English usage is Burgled. Americanism is burglarized.


  • #3
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    No, it isn't. Neither is "configurated" or the use of "invite" as a noun.


  • #4
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    Its a bit too close to buggerized for my liking.


  • #5
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Maxwell Tight Cerebellum wrote: »
    English usage is Burgled. Americanism is burglarized.

    Indeed. Presumably they get "plumberized" or "electricianized" when a tradesman comes to fix something. :pac:


  • #6
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Robbed. You've been robbed.


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  • #7
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    It's a perfectly cromulent word.


  • #8
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,177 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    It's a perfectly cromulent word.

    Look at you embiggening yourself.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #9
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I was recently burglarized by a man with a large tool. It was not a pleasant experience.


  • #10
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,383 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Obligated is a new, sh!tty one on me, American usage mostly.

    Whatever was wrong with obliged?


  • #11
    sunny2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭sunny2004


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    I was recently burglarized by a man with a large tool. It was not a pleasant experience.


    You need to report this to the police, or maybe go out on a second date..


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  • #12
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Obligated is a new, sh!tty one on me, American usage mostly.

    Whatever was wrong with obliged?

    Needs more letters


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