apostrophe 

A punctuation mark that stooges, idiots, morons, dorks, and ignorant people put in front of the letter "s" with amazing inconsistency.

The sign outside the fruit stand said "Grape's, Apple's, and Peache's."

Butch puts an apostrophe before every final "s" in a sentence. He writes "Mr's. Hennessey say's we should alway's warsh our hand's after we come in from reces's. Especially after you take a pis's.

apostrophe by Cap'n Bullmoose October 9, 2007

apostrophe 

the title given to a unofficial girlfriend/boyfriend or to an on/off relationship partner.

Ian: "I'd like to introduce my friend Steven."

Steven: "What's up."

Ian: "And this is Steven's... Steven's apostrophe Johanna."

Johanna: "Hey."

apostrophe by 89IA January 9, 2011

apostrophe crime 

What you say when you see one of the most heinous crimes against the english language known to man. It's when an apostrophe is put in a plural noun (WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG!), therefore indicating that the noun somehow owns something...

sign: BOOK'S FOR SALE!
my smart friend: SHEILD YOUR EYES! APOSTROPHE CRIME!
me: *smacks forehead* So... that book owns a for sale? That's interesting... MY GOD PEOPLE WHEN WILL YOU LEARN!?!?

apostrophe crime by brittandherllama January 11, 2006

Apostrophe Atrocity 

This term is similar to the apostrophe catastrophe, but it is reserved for the most revolting of apostrophe errors. Only a true abomination of a linguist would commit an apostrophe atrocity.

Examples of the apostrophe atrocity:

"Did yo'u do the home'work?"

"I do'nt think that its nece'ssary"

"O'h loo'k, its our Eng'lish teach'er"

"Why i's sh'e cryi'ng?

Apostrophe Atrocity by Enigmatical November 20, 2010

Apostrophe abuse 

The flagrant insertion or omission of an apostrophe in written English.

Look at that sign over there! It says "Steves Gun's". That's apostrophe abuse!

Apostrophe abuse by onasphere August 13, 2010

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

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