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

Apostrophication

The act or process of adding an apostrophe to a word, phrase, or sentence.

Through a daring act of apostrophication, ‘cant’ became ‘can’t.

by IAMANOODLE October 8, 2025

over-apostrophization

The overuse of apostrophes

I can't stand my teacher's over-apostrophization when he writes things like "1960's" and "SAT's" on the board.

Person 1: How many cup's of coffee have you had?
Person 2: Come on, man, stop it with the over-apostrophization.

by Smaugher November 27, 2010

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

Atmostrophical

Adjective to describe Someone who enjoys stargazing and, or collecting globes, telescopes, etc.

Wow Harley is really Atmostrophical

by Rad Atmostrophical Girl January 22, 2021

Apostrophet

Derived from the pop-cultural lexicon, during the 21st century, "Apostrophet" functions as a linguistic marker denoting the conclusion of a statement or argument. Notably utilized due to its rarity yet undeniable truth, this term ascends metaphorically and literally beyond conventional punctuation, surpassing the customary period ("."). Additionally, it paints an image of a literally ascending punctuation mark, at the top of a word.

It is most commonly used by Teenage Singaporean Art-School kids. Founder of the word is remained anonymous but is known of.

Bananas are berries, yet Strawberries are not. Apostrophet’

by Apostrophe’ January 1, 2024

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