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A common misspelling of the word "asterisk."

(An asterisk is the star symbol: *)
Jim: Hey Bob, how do you write a footnote reference?

Bob: Put an asterik at the end of the reference word and an asterik at the begginning of the footnote itself.

Jim: Please, Bob, the the tricks I do with my ass have nothing to do with this. I'll just put asterisks there instead.
Asterik by Zoraster May 19, 2010
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A justice server in the world of sports. Pretty much the greatest way to humiliate cheaters and thieves who have attempted to break records for nothing much in return.
Clear examples of the asterik:
16-0*
Barry Bonds 756 home run ball*
Marion Jones at the Sydney 2000 Olympics* (dq)
Related Words

circumflix asterik

the word circumflix asterik satnds for this. ^
this symblo in a chat room means to stop talking.
The circumflix asterik ^.
circumflix asterik by Ritin September 16, 2008

Asterisky 

A blog run by a pretty awesome group of college students from around the United States who want to deliver a wide range of content to the internet from a young perspective.
Sam: "Hey did you read Asterisky today? There was a really awesome article about accounts to follow on Twitter."

Doug: "No way, man! The other day I was on Asterisky and there was a super-informative article about gas prices!"

Sam: "Sweet, yeah, I saw that. I'm thinking maybe I should apply to join the staff of Asterisky -- what do you think?"

Doug: "Go for it! I hear they have a "Join" tab on their site!"

Sam: "Cool, I will do that."
Asterisky by DevotedReader June 2, 2011
Asteria :: means 'of the stars/starry one' in Greek mythology, more commonly known as the name of a Titaness ( Also in Greek mythology ).
"Do you know who the mother of Hecate is? I heard hear name was Asteria."
Asteria by ৻ aura — July 20, 2021

Asterism 

Any one of a number of heinously outdated colloquialisms; their rhetorical power lies in their deplorable ability to frustrate or incite hilarity. Upon utterance, a speaker will likely generate the following behavioral, cerebral, or emotional responses:
1) Externalized disgust (behavioral)
2) Debilitating brain aneurisms (cerebral)
3) Crushing submission (emotional)
They should be avoided in day-to-day vernacular, and hopefully eventually removed from English nomenclature.
Various Asterisms:
Alas (conjunction)
Up a crick (prepositional phrase)
Circle the wagons (verb)
Po-dunk (adjective)
MMMMMkay (declarative)
Cotton-picking (adjective {racial})
By golly (declarative)
Gosh darn (defamatory)
Rats (declarative)
Hippity-hoppity (crack whore)
Gung-ho (adjective)
The list goes on...
Asterism by drizzake & co. April 23, 2008

asterisk action 

An action that takes place on a forum or message board to indicate, normally in third person, that the character being controlled by the poster has done an action. These actions are placed in a set of asterisks. If in response to someone's post, that normally means that they are the direct object of that action.

Not to be confused with asterisk expression. Asterisk expressions run along the lines of: *sigh* *cough* or *sneeze* If you were to add an "s" to any of those, it would be an action.
asterisk action
User: Hai guyz, what's going on?
*sits down*
I'm thirsty...
*grabs beer*

Troll: "LOL ur wrong im right"
User: *farts on*

Troll: What's an Atari and how the hell was it the "original" console? Xbox was the original console!
User: *punches face*
*shoots*

Troll: LOL launch missile!
*turns key*
User: *Kirk hand chop*
*kicks balls*
asterisk action by MegamanTTEX November 22, 2010
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