Words have meaning. People who make their living using words, should know the meaning of the words they use…
killed /kĭld/ adjective Put to death. Often used in combination. "fresh-killed meat."
electrocute /ĭ-lĕk′trə-kyoo͞t″/ transitive verb To kill with electricity. "a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire." To execute or put to death by electricity.
”Man killed after getting electrocuted in seaside resort jacuzzi”
Story makes no mention of any resurrection between the killings…
resurrection /rez-uh-rek-shuhn/ noun the act of rising from the dead.
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
June 12, 2024, 11:59 PM
Paten
Sir, you'll have to take this up with the Department of Redundency. Thank you.
Next!
June 13, 2024, 12:23 AM
newtoSig765
Don't you mean the Department of Redundancy Department?
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June 13, 2024, 08:04 AM
Muddflap
Maybe it was high voltage, and he was double dead.
June 13, 2024, 08:55 AM
joel9507
quote:
”Man killed after getting electrocuted in seaside resort jacuzzi”
That's what editors were for.
June 13, 2024, 09:36 AM
V-Tail
I had a business supplying carpet cleaning equipment to hardware stores, where they were rented to do-it-yourself customers.
There was a section on the rental contract where store cashiers could note any problems reported by rental customers.
I found one with a cashier's note that said "Customer said she got a shock from the machine and it electrocuted her."This message has been edited. Last edited by: V-Tail,
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June 13, 2024, 10:18 AM
trapper189
I guess the man’s wife who survived was just shocked.
Merriam-Webster says “to kill or severely injure”. To get really technical the other direction, electrocution is specifically a judicial execution process, so it was used wrong on both counts.
June 14, 2024, 03:06 PM
2BobTanner
OK, I’m surprised that no one has yet posted this meme.
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June 14, 2024, 04:34 PM
Loswsmith
quote:
Originally posted by Paten: Sir, you'll have to take this up with the Department of Redundency. Thank you.
Next!
Sir, you'll have to take this up with the Department of Redundancy. Thank you.
Next!
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June 14, 2024, 04:36 PM
Loswsmith
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail: I had a business supplying carpet cleaning I found one with a cashier's note that said "Customer said she got a shock from the machine and it electrocuted her."
If only.
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June 14, 2024, 05:44 PM
V-Tail
quote:
Originally posted by Loswsmith:
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
I had a business supplying carpet cleaning I found one with a cashier's note that said "Customer said she got a shock from the machine and it electrocuted her."
If only.
Had the business for more than twenty years, so we saw some "interesting" stuff. One helpful note that we found taped to a machine: "It's broke, yo."
Another note said "It doesn't suck" -- referring to a non-functional vacuum.
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June 14, 2024, 07:24 PM
12131
Yeah, I saw that shit yesterday and had to shake my head in disgust.
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June 14, 2024, 07:28 PM
P220 Smudge
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail: One helpful note that we found taped to a machine: "It's broke, yo."
Another note said "It doesn't suck" -- referring to a non-functional vacuum.
Ok, I needed that laugh.
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June 27, 2024, 01:40 PM
Legal Beagle
Please don’t get me started on the use of the word literally when people mean it figuratively.
Five swimmers in Indiana were electrocuted in what police described as a "freak accident" in a swimming pool Sunday afternoon.
Officers, fire and medical personnel responded to a home in the 2600 block of High St. just after 2:30 p.m. in the town of Logansport, Indiana, police said.
Police said five people – including two adults and three juveniles – were transported to local hospitals for their injuries.
Medical personnel transported two of the juveniles to different hospitals for further treatment.
Q
August 26, 2024, 07:35 AM
HRK
Interesting tidbit, Electrocute was not used much in the late 1800's... Other than the little blip around 1840,
August 26, 2024, 01:16 PM
LastCubScout
I see a lot of dictionary sites that define electrocute as: "to kill or severely injure by electric shock."
August 26, 2024, 02:19 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765: Don't you mean the Department of Redundancy Department?
Its the Department of Repeated Repetitive Redundancy Bureau.
Nice is overrated
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August 26, 2024, 02:34 PM
Patriot
to kill or severely injure by electric shock
Look it up…
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