Although 'Confiscate' is an English word, some statistics may reveal that 87% of its usage (in all forms) is on Indian soil. This may be because more things are confiscated in India than in any other country in the world. Or it just may be that the word has found a permanent place in the Hinglish language.
The other 13% includes NRIs (12%), and British men and women born before 1921 (1%). Nobody else ever seems to have anything confiscated.
Now to find a truly Hinglish word, I give to you 'Confesticate' - used interchangeably with 'Confiscate', but not found in any non-Hinglish dictionary. It really is amazing how some words can be picked-up by thousands of people in a country, and used so frequently. Everyone is certain that spell-check must be wrong to suggest 'Domesticate' as an alternative word.
The other 13% includes NRIs (12%), and British men and women born before 1921 (1%). Nobody else ever seems to have anything confiscated.
Now to find a truly Hinglish word, I give to you 'Confesticate' - used interchangeably with 'Confiscate', but not found in any non-Hinglish dictionary. It really is amazing how some words can be picked-up by thousands of people in a country, and used so frequently. Everyone is certain that spell-check must be wrong to suggest 'Domesticate' as an alternative word.
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