I think axiom should fit, but according to its official definition, an axiom is a statement that is taken to be true, and as far as I know, a word can’t make an statement by its own.

  • FredericChopin_@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    From the Oxford English Dictionary.

    Electrocute (verb)

    to injure or kill someone by passing electricity through their body

    • Toast@lemmy.filmEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I am saying that the word had a particular meaning when it was coined. Many people seem to use it for other things, and the dictionary reflects this. It seems odd to mean that a word that is almost nakedly a combination of electricity and execute is used to not mean killed by electricity, but it is the case

      I’m not really sure what your objection is to what I’ve said.