APOEL

The best football team in Cyprus, having won the most local championships and having twice won its qualification in the Group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

APOEL drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, but should have won the game at the last minute.

by Football connosseur September 19, 2011

apostrophically challenged

The inability to make proper use of the apostrophe, indicating either possession or contraction.

Its' maddening when apostrophically challenged office simp's cant determine when to insert an apostrophe correctly. It really fry's my ass!!!

by Toomerro February 23, 2009

Asposed

1 - A young child's version of "supposed".

2 - A better way to say it.

"But... Mama... you weren't asposed to do that!"

by Rejoice247 February 21, 2012

apostrophe paranoia

Condition suffered by English teachers and others who see missing and misplaced apostrophes where they shouldn't (or is it "shouldnt"?) be.

See also: comma paranoia, spelling paranoia.

I stared at that word for ten seconds before I realized that the apostrophe was actually SUPPOSED to be there. Apostrophe paranoia.

by suffisance July 30, 2010

apostrophe

The most overused and underappreciated punctuation mark utilized in the writing of the English language. It is used to indicate the omission of a letter (elision) or letters in a word, to connect words pronounced successively (contraction), or to indicate possession.
Alternatively, and much less contemporary, is the use of the term "apostrophe" to indicate a short address by a character in a play or poem to an absent party or an inanimate object. The apostrophe in this sense allows the audience a look into the speaker's thoughts toward a person or object that cannot respond (similar to a soliloquy).

-contraction-
Correct: It's movie night.
Incorrect: Its movie night.

Incorrect: Of it's own free will.
Correct: Of its own free will.

He's not the type to say "Don't do it."

-elision-
Ned is a ne'er-do-well.

"O'er the fruited plain..."

-possession-
That is Jack's grammar book.
Jesus' life lasted 33 years.

-in a literary sense...-
Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.
by Emerson (1839)

by Brain November 22, 2004

Apostafarian

The religion of Apostates who are proud (or at least unashamed) of their Apostasy, and are similarly fond of Pastafarianism. Apostafarians are hybrids of the temptations of two equally tantalizing options: the renunciation of one's religion, and the doctrine of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

"He used to be a practicing Muslim but now his Facebook Religious Views say 'Apostafarian'."

by dreemcy January 12, 2009

Jehovah's Witness Apostate

A loving and caring human being worthy of love. Jehovah's Witnesses are taught to shun anyone who leaves the organization or questions the Watchtower's beliefs and doctrines. Jehovah's Witness Apostates are intelligent, talented contributing members of society who are kind to small children and small animals.

Jehovah's Witness Apostate: "Excuse me Ma'am, you dropped your wallet"
Little Old Lady: "Oh thank you dear"

by Beth Shan2 August 26, 2013