I've gone through horrors, and the secrets I know could put dozens of people in prison, if not electrocute them. It Happened in Egypt C. N. Williamson
The man in the control room had frustrated the attempt to electrocute us. Spacewrecked on Venus Neil R. Jones
If the victim dies, please find out for me whether they behead, hang, or electrocute in Japan for capital punishment. A Yankee in the Far East George Hoyt Allen
And if you make any sudden moves you are liable to break a phone, electrocute yourself, or choke to death. Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison
And if you make any sudden moves you are liable to break a phone, electrocute yourself or choke to death. Sense of Obligation Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
AWildPackofLips on May 2nd, 2017 at 03:10 UTC »
So if you die, but are revived, you can still say you've been electrocuted, right?
LHOOQatme on May 2nd, 2017 at 01:56 UTC »
"electrocute" is a combination of the words "electro" and "cute", meaning it can only be used when referring to pokémon such as Pikachu and Emolga, and never to Electrode or Dedenne.
AnomalousAvocado on May 2nd, 2017 at 00:37 UTC »
Even though I'm a pretty hard-line grammar snob/pedant, I concede that this is one of those battles that will probably be lost (if it isn't already). Like with decimate, which technically/originally meant to reduce an army by exactly 1/10th (hence the deci- prefix), but now just means "fuck stuff up".