# When did "Architechted" become a word? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784 "2008-01-24T04:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/1 "2008-01-24T04:55:22Z")
What the fuck? Architects _design_ things. And don’t get me started on “recruitment” And all of the other non-words that are becoming popular. Grrr. Get off of my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/2 "2008-01-24T05:00:02Z")
The Oxford English Dictionary’s earliest citation for “architected” is [1818](http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50011562?query_type=word&queryword=architect&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=2&search_id=IyUi-KPMDSr-20254&hilite=50011562), by Keats, with a string of citations continuing into the 1920s. Though it may well be nonstandard today, it’s hardly unprecedented. The very fact that people are apparently using it with some regularity around you indicates that it is, in fact, a word, at least to them. It certainly follows systematic principles of word creation, analogous to many others which go without comment. What’s wrong with “recruitment”? ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/3 "2008-01-24T13:53:21Z")
Extrapolating, perhaps recruitmented snuck up on his and fisted him in the kidney? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/4 "2008-01-24T14:19:02Z")
I agree. It should be architectized. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/5 "2008-01-24T14:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] Though it may well be nonstandard today, it’s hardly unprecedented. The very fact that people are apparently using it with some regularity around you indicates that it is, in fact, a word, at least to them. It certainly follows systematic principles of word creation, analogous to many others which go without comment. [/QUOTE] I’m assuming **MC$E** came across the word at work, not in a book of poetry. Jargon has a way of seriously irritating people, especially when it sounds like people have changed a job title (like Software Architect) into a verb and then used the verb because it sounds technical, which _obviously_ makes the user sound smart. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/6 "2008-01-24T14:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I agree. It should be architectized. [/QUOTE] Architectuated. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/7 "2008-01-24T14:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Architectuated. [/QUOTE] The process of architectuating something would be “architectification,” right? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/8 "2008-01-24T14:55:07Z")
I still think _architectized_ - the process being _architectization_, performed by an _architectizator_ ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/9 "2008-01-24T15:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=MC$E] When did “Architechted” become a word? [/QUOTE] Probably about the same time “surveil” became a verb. I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/10 "2008-01-24T15:38:38Z")
Verbing weirds language. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/11 "2008-01-24T15:52:23Z")
My wife (jeweler) once got an online order from a guy who said he was looking for “architectonic jewelry”. (ok, just to make sure I wasn’t making a fool of myself, I googled “architectonic” and [whaddyaknow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectonic). Oddly enough, that sort of describes some of her pieces.). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/12 "2008-01-24T16:09:08Z")
_Leverage_ as a verb has been driving me nuts lately. “Let’s leverage our SAN space for that.” How about “use”? Can we just “use” the SAN space? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/13 "2008-01-24T16:54:40Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] _Leverage_ as a verb has been driving me nuts lately. “Let’s leverage our SAN space for that.” How about “use”? Can we just “use” the SAN space? [/QUOTE] Of course not! At best, it could be utilized. You’re just not thinking outside of the box. (shipping clerk) _But my job IS the box!_ ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/14 "2008-01-24T16:57:00Z")
I cannot stand the word ‘texted’. It just grates on me. I know the word ‘text’ as a verb is new to the vernacular, but I just don’t agree with the past tense becoming ‘texted’. Am I the only one? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/15 "2008-01-24T17:00:53Z")
The first time I can recall hearing “architect” used as a verb was in a college production of [_The Lion in Winter_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lion_in_winter) – written 1966. King Henry II tells his sons, “What I have architected you will not destroy.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/16 "2008-01-24T17:20:46Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Of course not! At best, it could be utilized. [/QUOTE] Utilize also annoys me. Really, what does the word “utilize” do for us that “use” does not? Is there a shade of meaning that’s just too subtle for me? I’m all for felicitous wording and clever use of language. But utilize? Gah!! ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/17 "2008-01-24T17:42:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Utilize also annoys me. Really, what does the word “utilize” do for us that “use” does not? Is there a shade of meaning that’s just too subtle for me? I’m all for felicitous wording and clever use of language. But utilize? Gah!! [/QUOTE] What does “felicitous” do for us that “well-suited” does not? What does “clever” do for us that “witty” does not? Synonyms, even ones that sound quite similar, are an [unavoidable/inevitable](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9382454&postcount=60) product of language. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/18 "2008-01-24T18:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] What does “felicitous” do for us that “well-suited” does not? What does “clever” do for us that “witty” does not? Synonyms, even ones that sound quite similar, are an [unavoidable/inevitable](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9382454&postcount=60) product of language. [/QUOTE] Fair enough. I think it annoys me because I only hear it in offices. Business people, rarely satisfied with one syllable when three will do, seem to like using it to show us that they’re intelligent. This is, of course, completely different than my using “felicitous” when I could have used “apt”. Yup, entirely different thing at work there. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/19 "2008-01-24T18:18:19Z")
Ok, I have one that’s been bugging me for awhile. The plural noun: email **s**. Why? You don’t say, “I picked up my mails at the post office.” No, the plural is the same as the singular. “I retrieved my email on my cellphone.” And why don’t we refer to email missives as “letters” like we do with postal mail? Or missive. Or something. You’ve got **mail**. You’ve got **email**. [These articles show you how to code your **emails** to ensure they display as you want them to.](http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/format/html-css/) No. No. No! :mad: Put the hyphen in or don’t. I don’t care. But lose the ‘s’, please. Or find an alternative noun you can pluralize. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784/20 "2008-01-24T18:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Fair enough. I think it annoys me because I only hear it in offices. Business people, rarely satisfied with one syllable when three will do, seem to like using it to show us that they’re intelligent. This is, of course, completely different than my using “felicitous” when I could have used “apt”. Yup, entirely different thing at work there. [/QUOTE] 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-architechted-become-a-word/434784.md?page=2)