Citations:necrohippoflagellation
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Noun: "(humorous) the act or practice of beating a dead horse"
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- 1998 October 31, Chuckg, “Re: 981030 - USAToday - Brennan's column on Kwan/Skate A.(see also poddy thread”, in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure[6] (Usenet):
- Peg, we are all willing to cmment[sic] about the content of Brennan's articles, whether to agree or disagree. Her slam on the ISU and Ottavio, I definitely agree with. Her continual necrohippoflagellation, on the other hand...
- 1999 March 24, Claude Martins, “Re: Adventure games are Dead!!! We can't do anything about it.”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure[7] (Usenet):
- Nothing. The genre is dead, it is deceased, it has passed on, it has kicked the bucket. It is an ex-genre. We here on csipg.adv are merely engaged in a masturbatory frenzy of necrohippoflagellation.
- 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[8] (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.
- 2008 January 31, Square Wheels [username], “And the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Stupidity is........”, in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys[12] (Usenet):
- Normally I'd say a man would simply admit to his mistake, but you're not a man, and far too dim to do anything but engage in necrohippoflagellation.