current shock
An Indian English term for an electric shock.
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An Indian English term for an electric shock. A direct calque — 'current' is the Indian English word for electricity in everyday usage ('the current is off'), so 'current shock' straightforwardly means an electrical shock. Common in South Asian English and widely understood across India, Pakistan, and neighboring regions.
He got a current shock trying to fix the light switch without turning off the mains first.
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(India) An electric shock.
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