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English
Etymology
necro- + hippo- + flagellation
Noun
necrohippoflagellation (uncountable)
- (humorous) The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
1997 October 9, Soleil Lapierre, “Re: NM:ToD #1”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks (Usenet):This is probably necrohippoflagellation, but how can you be sure you're really thinking? :)
1999 October 31, Miriam Ruth Rocke, “Enough already (was Re: For those of us who can't be arsed)”, in uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):For now, though, and for here, I vote that instead of the current necrohippoflagellation, we, like, move on, put aside any grudges, and start talking about, like, Buffy.
2006 July 25, Siobhan Burke, “Re: New Fan...”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):< Not being one for necrohippoflagellation, I've given up on this joker, so one big old snip here, but there was one thing I still wanted to address. >
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:necrohippoflagellation.
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