apologems

In-game currency given for free to the game's playerbase as apology for maintenance, glitches, or other issues or obstacles in game play. Derived from a portmanteau of the words "apology" and "gems", because many games use gems, jewels, or diamonds to represent in-game currency. Apologems often consist of particularly valuable forms of in-game currency, such as those which can be obtained via microtransactions.

Sarah: Ugh, the server maintenance for Love Nikki has been going on for an hour longer than the developers said it would!
Kate: It sucks, but hopefully they'll send us all some apologems to compensate.

by CeroTheLesbian August 21, 2020

april 4

national cuddle with your partner day

can i come over? it's april 4th!

by C0SM1C April 2, 2022

City Ape

A fat middle aged man living in a big city with a poor internet connection

Example 1:
I would come play Fortnite with you but my internet connection is horrible. Yes, I am a City Ape.

Example 2:
Tom: Hey Hank! Download this cool video game!
Hank: OK, it is going to take 8 hours though.
Tom: What? How?
Hank: My download speed is 500 kbps even though i'm living in the city. My ISP sucks and i'm going to sue them.
Tom: That makes you a City Ape!

by UnknownMerma April 1, 2019

National Tall Girl Appreciation Day

National Tall Girl Appreciation Day is on November 3rd. Since there's a short girl appreciation day and not a tall girl one, I made one myself. You're welcome.

Girl 1: What day is it today?
Girl 2: It's November 3rd.

Girl 2: Oh cool! It's National Tall Girl Appreciation Day!

by ppjuice.cake December 22, 2019

Appletard

Refers to an overly uncritical devotee of Apple culture, or iLife. Synonym: iTard.

Some Appletards even began lining up outside stores for the iPhone a week before its realease.

by JoshuaSmith November 3, 2007

Apex Fallacy

The assumption that because very few members of a group are powerful, therefore the rest of them must necessarily share that power too.

Example 1:

Jane: The top paid athletes in the USA are African-American, therefore all African-Americans athletes are richer than athletes of other racial backgrounds.
Joe: No, that's the Apex Fallacy: you are resourcing to the top outliers to make general assumptions regarding the specified population, that is, African-American athletes.

Example 2:

Jane: Men are 93% of the top 500 richest CEOs, therefore it is obvious that men in general are privileged.
Joe: No, that's the Apex Fallacy. Men are the majority of the unemployed and the homeless are nearly 80% male too. You can't derive conclusions regarding the whole based either on the top or lower outliers, but when you resource to the top outliers, you end up committing the Apex Fallacy. It would be wrong to infer that men are necessarily underprivileged because they are the majority of the poorer 1% too, that would be the Bottom Fallacy.

by Papadopoulos December 12, 2014

L'appel du vide

The call of the void.

L'appel du vide is that tiny voice that tells you to jerk the steering wheel just to the right and take a flying leap off the ledge...that inclination to walk right into the ocean and never return...the call of the Siren song.

by Crackerjackbilly December 31, 2011