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minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·2 years agoElectrocution = death
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·2 years agoGoogle and the Oxford dictionary disagree.
minus-squareMiaou@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoAnd Cambridge says it means to die from it.
minus-squareoortjunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI wonder if the origin of the word was a portmanteau of electricity and execute. Execute to death, of course
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoCould be, but there’s other words with that same ending
minus-squareoortjunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThis is what I get for skipping Latin…
Electrocution = death
Google and the Oxford dictionary disagree.
And Cambridge says it means to die from it.
I wonder if the origin of the word was a portmanteau of electricity and execute.
Execute to death, of course
Could be, but there’s other words with that same ending
This is what I get for skipping Latin…