rogue apostrophe

noun

Etymology

From rogue (adj.) in the sense “solitary, unpredictable” (as a rogue elephant), referring to the apostrophe's incorrect usage or misplaced presence.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of greengrocer's apostrophe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rogue apostrophe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA