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Death by electricity — the word that fries you the moment current does.
means Injury or death caused by electric shock passing through the body.
from American coinage from the 1880s, a grim mashup of electro and execution, born for the brand-new electric chair.
Word birthInvented for execution, not accidents.
Purists fumeOriginally meant only fatal shocks.
Current warElectric chair fueled Edison versus Westinghouse.