Citations:necrohipposadism

English citations of necrohipposadism

Noun: "(humorous) the act or practice of beating a dead horse"

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• 1993 September 7, Quantum Duckie [username], “Re: bi married means ?”, in soc.bi‎^[1] (Usenet):

  (I know, I've been there too. It's just that on this echo it's degenerated into necrohipposadism.)

• 1999 October 1, Kay Shapero, “Filters and the Loyal Opposition”, in alt.fan.furry‎^[2] (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^[3] (Usenet):

  But seriously for a moment (and hopefully avoiding necrohipposadism here) the issue is whether we are to have hypothecated taxes or not.

• 2002 December 14, Miles Vorkosigan, “Re: nemesis (spoilers)”, in alt.startrek‎^[4] (Usenet):

  But it's a profitable horse, so they'll keep indulging in necrohipposadism until they lose so much money that they get the message.

• 2005 May 2, Ben Bradley, “Re: OS level programming vs microcontrollers”, in comp.robotics.misc‎^[5] (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.

• 2008 November 9, mpvorkosigan, “Re: JMS writing "Forbidden Planet" ( was: Re: So what should JMS do next?)”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated‎^[6] (Usenet):

  Personally, I'm with Amy on this, but we've gotten into some serious necrohipposadism, and I think we oughta just let this particular dead horse take a break.

• 2008 November 21, mpvorkosigan, “Re: Skywatch Game - Revived!”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated‎^[7] (Usenet):

  You can curl up with the cats and listen to music while we talk about something other than necrohipposadism.