apostrophisize

(v.) It means to add an apostrophe, to add a direct addressing of an imaginary being

"In this term paper, you need to apostrophisize something, as I said is one of the requirements."

by THwildy July 31, 2006

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Catastrophic Apostrophic Dysplasia

The rapid spread of ignorance of the correct rules for apostrophe usage; the widespread misuse of apostrophes, especially in plural nouns.

Walk-in's Welcome; The Miller's invited us to dinner; Washing machine's for sale are all examples of Catastrophic Apostrophic Dysplasia.

by 21st Century Renaissance Man March 21, 2012

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community college apostrophe

Any Apostrophe used inappropriately where a word is plural but not a contraction or a possessive. Much like the opposite of the Harvard Comma, the Community College Apostrophe is used by the uneducated and grammatically ignorant.

"Hey, want to see my photo's from when me and the girl's went hiking in the mountain's?"
"No, and lay off the Community College Apostrophe."

by @theosus September 29, 2017

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Apostrophenate

To replace a letter in a non-conjunction word with an apostrophe. (most commonly replacing the "g" at the end of a word ending in "ing")

It's easy to apostrophenate "darling", just make it "darlin' ".
"Darlin' " is the apostrophenated version of "darling".
Apostrophenating is easy, just replace a letter with an apostrophe!

by no uhn December 10, 2012

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curly apostrophe

a symbol (’) also used as a closing (right) single quotation mark

The main difference between a straight and a curly apostrophe is that a curly apostrophe curves towards the text, and a straight apostrophe is just a short vertical line placed slightly above the letters it’s inserted between.

by bluestinger66 April 17, 2023

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