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It's a portmanteau of electric + execution. It's been misused so often that the non-fatal meaning is becoming a separate line item in the definition, but the p
by syncsynchalt 12y ago
It's a portmanteau of electric + execution.
It's been misused so often that the non-fatal meaning is becoming a separate line item in the definition, but the parent comment is correct.
- cbr 12y agoBy that argument "electrocution" for "accidental death by electric shock" is also misuse, as the initial definition was "execution via electricity".