"Apochrophon" , plural Apochrophi, is of Mid Century Greek of origin used to describe enigmatic scribbles found on scriptures from scrolls discovered in Cairo, Egypt beside a famous oasis, where strange mirage occur.
An encounter with an individual suffering from swamp-ass causing great and often sudden harm or embarrassment to the individual and /or situation; a dis-ass-ter.
"Professor Smith I just want to appologize for missing last class. Ya' see I was sitting in the class before this one and could just feel a shit-astrophe brewing. Needless to say, I had to run back to my dorm. I'm sure you'll understand."
What you say when you see one of the most heinous crimes against the english language known to man. It's when an apostrophe is put in a plural noun (WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG!), therefore indicating that the noun somehow owns something...
sign: BOOK'S FOR SALE!
my smart friend: SHEILD YOUR EYES! APOSTROPHE CRIME!
me: *smacks forehead* So... that book owns a for sale? That's interesting... MY GOD PEOPLE WHEN WILL YOU LEARN!?!?
A person who spends way too much money on a piece of glass inside of a tube, then gets easily depressed by a number being slightly different from what they want, leading said person to spend even more money, going into a bigger and bigger hole.
" Hey, your brother's an astrophotographer? " - Person 1
" Yeah, he is. " - Person 2 " God, I'm so sorry for your loss. You must be devastated. " - Person 1