necrohipposadism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
Humorous; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "But seriously for a moment (and hopefully avoiding necrohipposadism here) the issue is whether we are to have hypothecated taxes or not."
- "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."
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 sadism English necrohipposadism From necro- + hippo- + sadism.