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語源 1

From Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from 古期英語 *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukkōną (“to beat”),^[1] itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *flōkaną. The original zero-grade iterative *flakkōną had been misinterpreted as an o-grade. See flack (“to beat”), also as a dialectal noun "a blow, slap". Cognate with Scots flog (“a blow, stripe, flogging”, noun), Scots flog (“thin strip of wood”), Norwegian flak (“a piece torn off, strip”).

Alternatively, a back-formation from flogger, from Low German flogger (“a flail”).

動詞

flog (三人称単数 現在形 flogs, 現在分詞 flogging, 過去形および過去分詞形 flogged)

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
2. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
   • 2002 October 30, Chris Wardrop, “VL idles rough when warm...”, in aus.cars‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it again.

3. (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
   • 2001 January 26, Paul Edwards, “Optus $5/month 5110, T10 and 2288 only 4 days”, in aus.comms.mobile‎^[2] (Usenet):

     And then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/month.

   • 2007, Dave Lee (jazz musician), Nothing Rhymes with Silver 2‎^[3], page 78:

     Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.

4. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
5. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
   • 1999 August 16, Mr Ripper, “Nothing to Crow About”, in rec.sport.football.australian‎^[4] (Usenet):

     The Swannies got on a real roll over rounds 16/17 & 18 of 1987. In consecutive SCG matches, they flogged the Eags 30.21 to 10.11, followed that with a 36.20 to 11.7 demolition of the Dons and finally a 31.12 to 15.17 thrashing of Richmond.

   • 2001 June 9, Cas., “Eng v Aus 1977”, in aus.sport.cricket‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test.

   • 2004 June 5, Greg Vincent }:c{, “POLISER- Roosters v Bulldogs”, in aus.sport.rugby-league‎^[6] (Usenet):

     It'll make the Raiders look good. Getting flogged by a team that got flogged by a team that got flogged by the Bulldogs.

6. (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
   • 2007 February 6, “Suppliers the losers in Coles-Woolworths war”, in The Age:

     The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers

7. (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

同意語

• (to whip または scourge): Thesaurus:whip

派生語

名詞

flog (複数形 flogs)

1. (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
   • 2019 June 15, Dmytryshchak, Goya, “AFL fan outrage at 'behaviourial awareness officers'”, in The Age‎^[7]:

     It follows the ejection of a supporter who allegedly ran towards umpire Mathew Nicholls while calling him a "bald-headed flog" at half-time of the Carlton-Brisbane Lions match last Saturday.

参考

• flail
• flay
• vapulate

語源 2

Blend of fake +‎ blog

名詞

flog (複数形 flogs)

1. (Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
   • 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder:

     Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.

   • 2009, Nico Carpentier; Benjamin De Cleen, Participation and Media Production: Critical Reflections on Content Creation, page 33:

     An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.

   • 2010, Beata Klimkiewicz, Media Freedom and Pluralism:

     […] hidden advertising and flogs (the use of “personal blogs” for unfair commercial かつ political purposes), […]

同意語

• spamblog
• splog

参照

アナグラム

• GLOF, golf