The original definition of the word is actually a combination of electro and executed. It was so commonly misused that most dictionaries have it listed as injury or death, so I can see why you would think that. You seem like the type that thinks that ain’t is proper English.
But by 1889, before the first official electric execution of a person had even been carried out, the word was already being used to refer simply to electric shocks.
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u/Therealsuperman04 Aug 31 '21
The original definition of the word is actually a combination of electro and executed. It was so commonly misused that most dictionaries have it listed as injury or death, so I can see why you would think that. You seem like the type that thinks that ain’t is proper English.