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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
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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
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