May 7, 2011 · I've searched multiple dictionaries and Etymonline but the only origin for "flog" that I can find is: 1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of L. flagellare "flagellate." This clearly rela...

Jun 7, 2025 · Eric Partridge, Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, fifth edition (1961) has this entry: bishop, flog the. (Of men) to masturbate: low: late C. 19–20. Also bash the bishop (esp. Army). …

Oct 19, 2013 · I saw an article recently where the author used the term "flogging a dead horse" where the term flogging was meant in the UK slang sense of "to sell".It was accompanied by a drawing of a …

Dec 19, 2017 · Doubling back to Brockett's 1825 glossary, and an 1830 publication by Robert Forby (Vocabulary of East Anglia, a vocabulary which the title page advertises as having been collected in …

May 22, 2017 · Now U.S. colloq. trans. To beat, flog, thrash. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Whale, to beat with a horsewhip or pliant stick. transf. intr. To do something implied by the context …

Jul 17, 2012 · I'm looking for an analogy for my repeated attempts to revive interest in a project. The phrase beating a dead horse almost fits the bill, but a dead horse refers to a subject that is no longer …

Dec 7, 2014 · Is there a saying like that? I'm thinking it's something along the lines of working something too hard. I don't want to attempt to word it because I'll most likely butcher it horribly.

Jun 3, 2012 · What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.

May 6, 2013 · As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the …

verbero to lash, beat, whip, flog diverbero to cudgel soundly everbero to strike violently, to hit hard contundo to pound percutio (percussum) to strike hard, pierce, transfix, shock incutio to strike into …