So between the studio, the production company, and the distributor, NOT ONE OF THEM bothered to hire a competent PR hack to write the IMDB Plot Summary?!:
ELECTROCUTED means KILLED you booger eating morons!
And while I'm at it the interword caps title InSight is just groan inducing.
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Not always. One can be electrocuted without dying. Same for hanging, burning, hitting by a locomotive or a car, falling from heights, light striking, snake biting, etc. Not applying for beheading or drowning, though.
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Avoid the hangover, stay drunk.
WRONG. Use a dictionary when you don't know what a word means, especially if mistakenly attempting to correct someone else.
shareno nose_smasher is right. Electrocuted means "injured or killed by electric shock" according to the dictionary.
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Ok, you are using Wikipedia for your definition, I think that makes you the moron here!
What would you call it if someone get's "electrocuted" when plugging something into an outlet, or something of the sort?
I'm not "using Wikipedia," stupid. You DON'T think. And if you could read, you'd read that the Wikipedia entry references MERRIAM-WEBSTER, stupid.
Electrocuted means KILLED, stupid. IT DOES NOT MEAN MERELY INJURED. EVER. EVERY SINGLE DICTIONARY I NAMED FOR YOU DEFINES IT AS MEANING KILLED, STUPID.
And to answer your stupid question, if someone gets "electrocuted" (not GET'S, stupid), I WOULD CALL IT A DEATH like everyone else. Except the stupid few.
So you answer MY question, stupid: You opened your stupid mouth to try and correct me claiming "according to the dictionary." What dictionary, stupid? WHAT DICTIONARY?!
Jesus Christ you are stupid.
"I'm not "using Wikipedia," stupid"
From his previous comment:
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuted";
Too Funny!
Although I don't agree with Alsticky's approach, I do agree with the point. Electrocute means fatal. The proper term would be electric shock.
An interesting film nonetheless.
Agreed. And I loved the "ignore this user" tab so you can just make rude people like alsticky disappear! I wonder why some people can't get their point across without being insulting.
shareActually, she *was* technically "electrocuted", since her heart stopped for a minute, which means she died. At least that's what I recall.
shareAt least one dictionary defines "stupid" as follows:
1) annoying or irritating; troublesome
If the shoe fits...
Did they have a picture of alsticky next to that definition? If not, they should have.
"electrocuted" does not mean killed. alsticky can say all he wants, fling all the insults he wants, whine and cry all he wants, but he is wrong. I've never seen anyone defend a wrong position so passionately. Can't wait to see the insults he'll throw at me to defend his indefensible statement!
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@alsticky
You may be right, but that's no excuse for your troll-like behaviour. Don't call people names or make insinuations. State your claim calmly. If people who are supider than you won't listen, then LET IT GO and leave.
Besides, you know you can just change it, right? Go ahead and submit an edited summary with the correct words in place.
@everyone else
"Electrocution" technically (or originally) means "death (fatal) by electric shock". However it is true that over time it has grown to also mean or be used as "the person was electrocuted but survived," whether that just means an accidental but severe zap or "the person's heart stopped but was revived".
As for whether dictionaries should start including definitions that have been skewed into "wrong" use or understanding - well, that discussion is over 100 years old, so arguing about it here probably won't get any of you anywhere.
There's a bit of discussion about this at the entry at Mirriam-Webster:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocuted
He is 100% right... I myself have been electrocuted and I'm still sitting here typing on IMDB... So no... being electrocuted does not necessarily mean death. And not to mention, do you guys have anything better to do with your time other than going back and forth like a couple of Lunatics about whether or not being electrocuted means dying or injured?!? C'mon people, in assuming we're all adults here???
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Getting electrocuted doesn't always mean getting killed. Haven't you ever read an article about some getting electrocuted but surviving?
sharewho peed in your coffee son?
you sound very toubled, you should seek help. In Fact, You sound exactly like the woman in the movie.
Have you been seeing "Ghosts" lately?
I don't know what's wrong in your life that you have to come on here so incredibly angry about the misuse of a word. Or why you can't have a simple discussion without belittling and putting down others. Maybe go for walks or talk to someone once in awhile.
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