Asterisk

A star shaped symbol (*) used to correct or clarify a spelling mistake when said mistake cannot be edited. Typically you'll see these types of corrections in chat rooms, text messages, or fast comment chains. These corrections can be applied by the original commenter or by another person.

(Asterisks when commenting on a cat picture on Facebook)

Jess L.: If you kep putting that cat in sweaters, your going to get mauled.

Jess L.: keep*, you're*

by Emobluejay January 5, 2014

Tirico Asterisk

Any time a sports team defeats another team with has one player or more who do not play due to injury or holdout.

The Lions win gets a Tirico asterisk because of no Chris Jones and no Travis Kelce.

by atreaux September 9, 2023

asterix

Also known as Asterix The Gaul, a badass midget warrior who first appeared in the first issue of Pilote, a French comic anathology.

Nobody fucks with Asterix, man. Not even Chuck Norris.

by Laser Potato October 16, 2008

asterisk corrective

Chat-room operative used to corect a typo made in a previous post.

correct*

ChatroomTool123: There's no way that your information is corect!

ForumTroll69: Maybe you should use an asterisk corrective there, buddy.

ChatroomTool123: correct*

by trollington December 6, 2010

astericize

To banish a sentence from the realm of correctness or grammaticality by putting an asterisk next to it in a linguistics paper.

Huddleston and Pullum astericize sentences like "The townspeople wanted to donate us a prime rib dinner."

by __alphabet__ April 14, 2023

asteriks

Incorrect pronounciation of the word 'asterisk'. Use of the word 'asteriks' is a result of the USA's substandard education system.

Jim: Hey Lou, what's that star thingy called that you get from pressing SHIFT + 8?

Lou: an asteriks

Jim: Aha! I knew you were a dumbass.

by Stupid Lou September 30, 2006

altering the boy

term common among Catholic priest and used to describe the process of sodomizing a young acolyte as an initiation into the service of the priest and (and this is a purely incidental benefit) for the base sexual gratification of the priest.

the process of altering a young boys future by initiating him into homo-erotic behavior

what your uncle did to your cousin

Aunt Tittie: Cousin Johnny sure is an odd young man. He has so many nervous tics and habits.

Aunt Vaggie: What a shame and after Father Dicklicker spent soooo much time with him.

Aunt Tittie (light bulb above her head): Oh my, do you think Fr. Dicklicker was altering the boy?

by drpoonandtheteenangels August 27, 2009