apostrophe 

Not a piece of urban slang at all, but an important punctuation mark in written English, which I pride myself on knowing how to use correctly.
However, in my definition for Stoke-on-Trent, I have noticed that I made an error and put one in where it didn't belong (story of my life...).
Therefore, I'm putting this in to make myself feel better.
Wow, what a waste of your time if you read all that! Sorry!

It's only correct to put an apostrophe in "it's" if it's "it is", if not, it's "its".

apostrophe by Stooo March 21, 2003

apostrophe catastrophe 

The term apostrophe catastrophe denotes incorrect use or non-use of the apostrophe (') in a sentence.

Examples of apostrophe catastrophes:

We sell carrot's, parsnip's and potatoe's.

Its going to rain.

Johns coat and Marias bag were left on the train.

He grabbed the cat and started playing with it's tail.

apostrophe catastrophe by Fearman March 31, 2008

apostrophically challenged 

The inability to make proper use of the apostrophe, indicating either possession or contraction.

Its' maddening when apostrophically challenged office simp's cant determine when to insert an apostrophe correctly. It really fry's my ass!!!

apostrophically challenged by Toomerro February 23, 2009

apostrophe paranoia

Condition suffered by English teachers and others who see missing and misplaced apostrophes where they shouldn't (or is it "shouldnt"?) be.

See also: comma paranoia, spelling paranoia.

I stared at that word for ten seconds before I realized that the apostrophe was actually SUPPOSED to be there. Apostrophe paranoia.

apostrophe paranoia by suffisance July 30, 2010

apostrophe 

The most overused and underappreciated punctuation mark utilized in the writing of the English language. It is used to indicate the omission of a letter (elision) or letters in a word, to connect words pronounced successively (contraction), or to indicate possession.
Alternatively, and much less contemporary, is the use of the term "apostrophe" to indicate a short address by a character in a play or poem to an absent party or an inanimate object. The apostrophe in this sense allows the audience a look into the speaker's thoughts toward a person or object that cannot respond (similar to a soliloquy).

-contraction-
Correct: It's movie night.
Incorrect: Its movie night.

Incorrect: Of it's own free will.
Correct: Of its own free will.

He's not the type to say "Don't do it."

-elision-
Ned is a ne'er-do-well.

"O'er the fruited plain..."

-possession-
That is Jack's grammar book.
Jesus' life lasted 33 years.

-in a literary sense...-
Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.
by Emerson (1839)

apostrophe by Brain November 22, 2004

Apostrophreak 

What our teacher does when we use apostrophes incorrectly!!

You guys are making me apostrophreak!!

Apostrophreak by Apostrophreak March 3, 2021

Marrakech apostrophe

1) Apocryphal Middle Eastern punctuation analog to the Oxford (or Harvard) comma; 2) a way to take the wind out of gasbags who think that "proper" punctuation is somehow an indicator of either intelligence or social worth; 3) an example of how different cultures use punctuation differently, but still correctly-in Marrakech, the apostrophe is used with all plurals but not with the possessive.

"I believe it is vital to use proper punctuation, like the Oxford comma!"

"Dude, the Marrakech apostrophe is even more important, otherwise the meaning gets fraked!

Marrakech apostrophe by Otter Dancing September 25, 2011