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Promises no nicks, delivers a sound like an angry dentist drill.
means An electrically powered shaver that cuts stubble with oscillating or rotating blades behind a screen, no water or lather required.
from 'Electric' traces to Greek 'elektron,' meaning amber — because ancient Greeks noticed rubbed amber attracted light objects, an early brush with static electricity that gave the whole field its name. 'Razor' comes from Old French 'rasor,' from Latin 'radere,' to scrape or shave. The device itself is a 20th-century invention, patented in the 1920s-30s as inventors raced to put a motor behind the blade — the word is just old parts (light-from-amber, scrape) wired to a new machine.
- invented
- 1928, by a man named Schick
- myth
- does not actually prevent all cuts
- foil vs rotary
- foil for straight hair, rotary for stubborn
- lifespan
- motor often outlasts its own blades