It does, only in informal speech does it not imply death. If you get electrically shocked and don't die then you were not electrocuted.
Since when has Hacker News been a forum of formal speech?
Since always HN is a place of clear and precise communication.
jes5199's wiktionary link says that "Strictly correct usage is to reserve electrocute and electrocution for fatal electric shocks". Do you have a source?
> (informal) To inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally.
it is derived from 'execute'
Looks like I was misinformed. However, the Wikipedia entry for electrocution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocution) does mention that the choice of definition varies from dictionary to dictionary.