Burglarious?

I was reading Across the area today and noticed the strangest headline: Police arrest 2 for burglarious activity.

Burglarious? Is that even a word? Such things require further investigation, so I pulled up Google and typed it in. The results were interesting, but not because I discovered that it was indeed a word (it means “Of or relating to burglary”), but from the other entries as well.

Did you know there was a movie named “Burglarious Billy” made in 1915? If I ever find a copy it might be worth seeing because of the title alone. Anyway, that was interesting. What else might there be out there for me to find?

Dict.die.net was an interesting find, and not just because of the strange url. It’s a dictionary site, but I loved their example sentence: “To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry.” Dang, I guess Santa needs to rethink his delivery strategy or he’s also guilty of burglarious activity.

Burglarious is apparently a winning word in some random word game to help teach English as a second language. Look here for the proof. If you can figure out the game, let me know. I was on a mission and couldn’t spare the time.

Harper’s Weekly took the cake. Check this political cartoon they ran over 120 years ago. Here's the image (*Note - that is not a curse word on the top. It's the word "Puck" - here's the proof. Remember, this is a mainstream 1880's publication we're talking about.):

Wow, this is great stuff. I didn’t know politics was this intriguing back then. Who knew?

Thank you, Augusta Chronicle, for making a headline so engrossing that it took me on a journey through history, expanded my vocabulary, and further enriched my appreciation for American culture. Who knew that reading the news would be such a robust educational exercise?