by CanesAreAble December 14, 2008
Get the apocraphyl mug.From the Greek word Apocrypha which means 'hidden things'. Slang term derived from the Apocryphical Books of the Bible. In daily speech, "Apocrypha" and "apocryphal" means something that is not canonical, something that doesn't really count. Often used by comic book or tv-show geeks.
Nah -- Spock never visited Never-Never Land in current Star Trek continuity. That episode is totally apocryphal.
(Note that the example itself is apocryphal and not taken from neither the real world nor Star Trek lore.)
(Note that the example itself is apocryphal and not taken from neither the real world nor Star Trek lore.)
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1. a text belonging to the corpus of Bible literature, but whose value or authenticity compared to texts of the New Testament are disputed or have been disproved.
2. any text that has a theoretical or historical affinity to a more established corpus of literature, but whose value and influence has been compromised; this might be due to lack of knowledge as to the existence or whereabouts of the text, volatile antipathy towards the sentiments of the text, or any other process of systematic or involuntary underacknowledgement of the text.
2. any text that has a theoretical or historical affinity to a more established corpus of literature, but whose value and influence has been compromised; this might be due to lack of knowledge as to the existence or whereabouts of the text, volatile antipathy towards the sentiments of the text, or any other process of systematic or involuntary underacknowledgement of the text.
an example of text that until recently remained an apochryph are the Dead Sea Scrolls, a number of scrolls written in Coptic that were recently discovered near the Dead Sea and was subsequently established to bear important affinity to the existent corpus of New Testament literature.
by laurentrascal April 30, 2011
Get the apochryph mug.Apocryphon means "secret knowledge", or something like that. The word was also referenced in the series "Limitless", as a street name for a drug called NZT-48.
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Get the Apocraphy mug.Everybody though that Randy was apocryphallic... until he lost his trousers in the embarrasing incident with the pit bull terrier.
by spacejunkie959 June 5, 2010
Get the apocryphallic mug.Media outlets such as the New York Times and Rolling Stone have been embarrassed by journalists who turned out to be apocryphists.
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