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[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Google and the Oxford dictionary disagree.

Definition of electrocution: injure or kill by electric shock

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 4 months ago

And Cambridge says it means to die from it.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

Execute to death, of course

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

This is what I get for skipping Latin...