necrohippoflagellation en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós)der. English necro- Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) English hippo- English flagellation English necrohippoflagellation From necro- + hippo- + flagellation.
Meanings
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(humorous, uncountable) The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
This is probably necrohippoflagellation, but how can you be sure you're really thinking? :)
1997 October 9, Soleil Lapierre, “Re: [RANT] NM:ToD #1”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks (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.
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):< 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. >
2006 July 25, Siobhan Burke, “Re: New Fan...”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):