The act of giving up or rejecting previous beliefs, values, or possessions, to be replaced by pure and unrelenting apathy. see related word apostasy. Adjective- Apothasetic
The seemingly happy man committed Apothasy- He left his family and all he cared about, then took their money and rented out an apartment. He lived for the years following this event as a dying drug addict.
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Get the Apothasy mug.Noun. Plural "apostrophies". A prize-winning apostrophe error.
An apostrophe added to a plural word ("apostrophe's" is wrong), or missing from a possessive word ("Johns car" is wrong) or other similar error, in a public or other glaringly obvious place - such as a broadsheet newspaper headline, in financial terms & conditions, or a celebrity's tattoo.
An apostrophe added to a plural word ("apostrophe's" is wrong), or missing from a possessive word ("Johns car" is wrong) or other similar error, in a public or other glaringly obvious place - such as a broadsheet newspaper headline, in financial terms & conditions, or a celebrity's tattoo.
Each of these, if published, could be classed as an apostrophy:
ARGIE'S INVADE FALKLANDS
It is the Companys responsibility to...
Your the one for me
ARGIE'S INVADE FALKLANDS
It is the Companys responsibility to...
Your the one for me
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Get the apostrophy mug.The action of abandoning a party or getting cured from the effect of a religion virus, or a similar kind of brainwashing.
See also apostate
See also apostate
by Nipi February 11, 2006
Get the apostasy mug.Port-manteau of "apostrophe" (a constanly misused grammatical item) and "anathema" (something cursed or damned), used to indicate the misuse of an apostrophe.
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Get the apostronathema mug.'s is something that shows up on urban dictionary in some definitions and picture descriptions where the word "is" should be.
I just dont know why???
I just dont know why???
by Tdowns June 14, 2007
Get the 's mug.In an art history sense, this word is commonly used to describe an image that makes the viewer feel uncomfortable and want to turn away, as in Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
This differs slightly from the definition you'll find in a traditional dictionary, which is that it is something to ward off evil or bad luck. It is derived from the same term apotrepein, which means "to turn away, avert"
This differs slightly from the definition you'll find in a traditional dictionary, which is that it is something to ward off evil or bad luck. It is derived from the same term apotrepein, which means "to turn away, avert"
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