"suicide shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suicide showers [plural]
Etymology: So called due to the risk of electrocution. Head templates: {{en-noun}} suicide shower (plural suicide showers)
  1. (informal, derogatory) A shower having an electric heating element in the shower head. Tags: derogatory, informal Synonyms: Brazilian electric shower
    Sense id: en-suicide_shower-en-noun-IzPEIWRl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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