What’s the word for that

"severely shocked" comes to mind.

An electrical shock.

What’s the word for that
from the greatest comic book series ever written


Delirium -"What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love to somebody you really liked a long time ago?"
Dream - "There isn't one."
Delirium - "Oh. I thought maybe there was."

Delirium and Dream, in Sandman #43: "Brief Lives: 3"

Delirium - "Is there a word for forgetting the name of someone when you want to introduce them to someone else at the same time you realize you've forgotten the name of the person you're introducing them to as well?"
Dream - "No."

Delirium and Dream, in Sandman #43: "Brief Lives: 3"

Delirium - "Um, what's the name of the word for things not being the same always? You know, I'm sure there is one. Isn't there? There must be a word for it … the thing that lets you know time is happening. Is there a word?"
Dream - "Change."

Delirium and Dream, in Sandman #43: "Brief Lives:3 "

I can honestly say it doesn't matter. Reading the article it's clear what is meant, this isn't a vocabulary/spelling test like we had in school where we had to spell 20 words and then give the definition for each of them. In the context in which it was presented, the word worked just fine.

Punk and Ceili hase offered terms that come much closer. Background: “A jury awarded a..man 1.72 million…after he got injured…a crane hit power lines and electrocuted the operator,” Henry, who operates the crane

“…...got electrified after he went underneath….to check….”

One might suppose a crane operator to be better trained but evidently the writer uses “electrified” as a synonym for “electrocuted” probably to avoid the use of this latter word twice. “Shocked” here would certainly register as true but this term would not ordinarily signify the victim’s death

While the first para implies that only one other man, Ward the plaintiff, was involved and was remunerated, we learn later to our surprise that another worker was also shocked in an attempt to rescue Henry, then subsequently remunerated. (We also wonder how anyone else, much less two more workers, could be so foolish) but

Ward …was blown back…”, but Muro the second hero

“..tried to pull him [Henry] out also got electrified….20 percent of his body burned….”. As Ward was only “blown back,” however while Muro was almost killed, we might wonder—here’s where background and detail are left out—why the story leads with and emphasizes only Ward’s plight

This is perhaps only partly explained at the end of the story where Muro had earlier “….reached an undisclosed settlement…." but considering the extent of his wounds we would have expected an earlier disclosure

Background and detail again, how about Henry? After scanning the piece a couple of more times we conclude that since was the driver he must have been covered anyhow and so we don’t care so much about him or his family

To the participant who asks why two OP’s bear the same title: There’s a rule that prevents one from so doing if more than 10 minutes have elapsed between the time it was written and the time it was realized

Please please please fellasAnd if you should happen to wonder why I mention the subject “background and detail” in the foregoing post it’s because the 10-minute rule cut me off before I could provide this link:

http://able2know.org/topic/186380-1

And if you sense that a para or two are missing it may be because another rule seldom allows one to scroll in an edit window until he has written 14 lines and hit “enter” three times while holding his left foot with his right hand

Not criticisms, only mean to be helpful, I’m not such a bad guy after all, I only mean to help, give thee a chuckle now and again but how come I’m only one with suggestions: You other fellas are cowards, you don’t want the rest descending upon you