flog
A contemptible, often arrogant personA contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
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» Tom was flogged three times.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Australia, derogatory, informal)A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
(Internet)A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
Examples
12 sentencesTom was flogged three times.
You're flogging a dead horse.
Ви даремно стараєтеся. — deniko
ruВы напрасно тратите время. — marafon
deDu reitest ein totes Pferd. — Tamy
I won't flog a dead horse.
deIch werde kein totes Pferd verprügeln. — GuidoW
Sailors died of flogging or keelhauling.
The captain had the unsuccessful mutineers flogged.
ruКапитан приказал выпороть несостоявшихся бунтовщиков. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
From Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from Old English *flFrom Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from Old English *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukkōną (“to beat”), itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *flōkaną.
Blend of fake + blog.
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