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    /filk/ [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] n.,v. A `filk' is a popular or folk song ... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: like kicking dead whales down the beach 

    like kicking dead whales down the beach

    adj. Describes a slow, difficult, and disgusting process. First popularized by a famous quote about the difficulty of getting work done under one of IBM's mainframe OSes. "Well, you *could* write a C compiler in COBOL, but it would be like kicking dead whales down the beach." See also fear and loathing