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Oxford Apostrophe

A polite way to describe horrendous misuse of punctuation.

"Without the phony Russia Witch Hunt, and with all that we have accomplished in the last almost two years (Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judgeโ€™s sic - Oxford Apostrophe, Military, Vets, etc.) my approval rating would be at 75% rather than the 50% just reported by Rasmussen," shrieked our national shame.

by MasculineToiletGuy December 7, 2018


Apostrophe abuse

The flagrant insertion or omission of an apostrophe in written English.

Look at that sign over there! It says "Steves Gun's". That's apostrophe abuse!

by onasphere August 12, 2010

8๐Ÿ‘ 1๐Ÿ‘Ž


Bottom apostrophe

When a man pulls out after anal sex and a small, crescent-shaped piece of shit is left protruding from his partner's asshole.

You should have douched, bitch. Look at that bottom apostrophe hanging out your crack!

Keep that dirty bottom apostrophe away from my Egyptian cotton sheets you dirty skank!

What the fuck, bitch?! There's some fucking bottom apostrophe hanging off you!

by Goitmeister August 25, 2016


apostrophe catastrophe

The term apostrophe catastrophe denotes incorrect use or non-use of the apostrophe (') in a sentence.

Examples of apostrophe catastrophes:

We sell carrot's, parsnip's and potatoe's.

Its going to rain.

Johns coat and Marias bag were left on the train.

He grabbed the cat and started playing with it's tail.

by Fearman March 31, 2008

32๐Ÿ‘ 11๐Ÿ‘Ž


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

10๐Ÿ‘ 2๐Ÿ‘Ž


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

7๐Ÿ‘ 1๐Ÿ‘Ž


Marrakech apostrophe

1) Apocryphal Middle Eastern punctuation analog to the Oxford (or Harvard) comma; 2) a way to take the wind out of gasbags who think that "proper" punctuation is somehow an indicator of either intelligence or social worth; 3) an example of how different cultures use punctuation differently, but still correctly-in Marrakech, the apostrophe is used with all plurals but not with the possessive.

"I believe it is vital to use proper punctuation, like the Oxford comma!"

"Dude, the Marrakech apostrophe is even more important, otherwise the meaning gets fraked!

by Otter Dancing September 25, 2011

8๐Ÿ‘ 2๐Ÿ‘Ž