necrohippoflagellation

English

Etymology

necro- +‎ hippo- +‎ flagellation

Noun

necrohippoflagellation (uncountable)

1. (humorous) The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
   • 1997 October 9, Soleil Lapierre, “Re: [RANT] NM:ToD #1”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks‎^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3] (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.

Synonyms

• necrohipposadism