Necropost
Full definition of necropost
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- (Internet) To post, as on a forum, to revive a long inactive discussion thread.
- 2003 January 5, Louis M. Brown, Usenet, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise/browse_thread/thread/6d66c65225038664/2f4fe842a36eac04Much like your power of necroposting a thread long considered dead.
- 2005 February 23, Chris Hafner, Usenet, alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks/browse_thread/thread/5d392a8d2f420f3f/2ef8e9854c6a5155After being away from Usenet for a few days (apologies for the necroposting), I had some time to think about this.
- 2005 June 6, Richard V. Lamb, Usenet, rec.arts.anime.misc http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc/browse_thread/thread/638cfaee0d57b67b/e7d061ca6d3cb5c1I'm a moderator at a realiiity TV forum and necroposting is tolerated there so long as it isn't a sore topic that the mods hoped people would ignore
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