necropost

present singular third person necroposts · participle present necroposting · participle past necroposted · past necroposted

1. InternetintransitiveslangtransitiveTo post to a long-inactive discussion thread on a forum.

   Much like your power of necroposting a thread long considered dead.

   2003 January 5, Louis M. Brown, “Usenet”, in alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   After being away from Usenet for a few days (apologies for the necroposting), I had some time to think about this.

   2005 February 23, Chris Hafner, “Usenet”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks (Usenet)

   I'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

   2005 June 6, Richard V. Lamb, “Usenet”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

   Synonyms: necro, necro-bump

plural necroposts

1. InternetslangA post made to a long-inactive discussion thread on a forum.

   Synonyms: necro