The act of working on something too hard or explaining something with excessive effort and detail.
Present participle of 'belabor,' combining 'be-' + 'labor' (from Latin laborare). The gerund form (-ing) turns the action into a noun describing the continuous process of over-explaining or over-working.
When you're belaboring a point, you're basically treating it like a piñata—hitting it way more times than necessary to get the candy out! It's a word that describes overthinking in action.
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