ELECTRIC, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICITY
ADJECTIVES
► ELECTRAL charged with electricity, live → a1763 obs.
► ELECTRICAL skilled in the science of electricity → 1757 obs.
NOUNS
► BACKRA FIRE electricity → 20C W. Indies sl.
► ELECTRICALNESS the state of being electrical → 1736 obs.
► ELECTRICOLOGY a discourse upon electricity → 1746
► JUICE electricity; electric current → 1896 sl.
► ZAP an electrical shock → 1979 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DYNAMO BUSTER an electrician → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► GAFFER the chief electrician in a film or television production unit, esp. in a lighting crew → 1926 orig. US
► JUICER an electrician → 1928 sl.
► LECKIE an electrician → 20C Aust. sl.
► SPARKIE ► SPARKY an electrician → 1995 sl. (Bk.)
► SPARKS one who works with electrical equipment; a radio operator; an electrician, etc. → 1914 sl.
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