fan death

English

WOTD – 27 March 2012

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Noun

fan death (uncountable)

Death supposedly caused by staying overnight in a closed room in which an electric fan is operating. It is a South Korean pseudoscientific urban legend.

Translations

death supposedly caused by staying overnight in a closed room with an electric fan

Chinese:
Mandarin: 电风扇致死 (diànfēngshàn zhìsǐ)
Finnish: tuuletinkuolema (fi)
German: Ventilatortod m
Korean: 선풍기 사망 (seonpunggi samang), 선풍기 사망사고 (seonpunggi samangsago)
Russian: смерть от вентиля́тора (smertʹ ot ventiljátora)
Spanish: muerte por ventilador f
Swedish: fläktdöden (rare)

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