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necropost
 v.Gloss: To revive an old online discussion thread. «Sorry to necropost, but have been hunting around to solve my own video-stuttering issue and found this.» —“Unsolvable Hulu stuttering” by ZigZagLens MacRumors: Forums Sept. 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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