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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + English sadism.
Noun
necrohipposadism (uncountable)
- (humorous) The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
1999 October 1, Kay Shapero, “Filters and the Loyal Opposition”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):So on the whole, the posts the newbies see that don't have the filter are going to be divided between those ignoring the whole thing, and those committing necrohipposadism on someone else's behavior, real or imagined.
2002 April 7, Philip Crookes, “Re: Dramatically Depleted Rail Services in N.Z.”, in soc.culture.new-zealand (Usenet):But seriously for a moment (and hopefully avoiding necrohipposadism here) the issue is whether we are to have hypothecated taxes or not.
2005 May 2, Ben Bradley, “Re: OS level programming vs microcontrollers”, in comp.robotics.misc (Usenet):I've actually written two other longish responses, perhaps against my better judgement because I think Gordon and others are probably right, this topic HAS been beaten to death, but sometimes I'm a bit optimistic (perhaps pollyannish), and/or in denial that I'm practicing necrohipposadism.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:necrohipposadism.
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