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Exist50 t1_j29imdu wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Reply to comment by SplittingHares in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge

No, that's outright false. Literally the very first definition off of google:

> electrocute: injure or kill someone by electric shock

Words can have a different meaning than their constituent parts.