• Deme
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      61 month ago

      Google and the Oxford dictionary disagree.

      Definition of electrocution: injure or kill by electric shock

      • @jaemo
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        11 month ago

        I wonder if the origin of the word was a portmanteau of electricity and execute.

        Execute to death, of course

        • Deme
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          1 month ago

          Could be, but there’s other words with that same ending

          • @jaemo
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            21 month ago

            This is what I get for skipping Latin…