apostrophectomy

English

Etymology

From apostrophe +‎ -ectomy.

Noun

apostrophectomy (plural apostrophectomies)

  1. The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes).
    • 2000 March 30, Arnold Zwicky, “Re: I'm *famous*”, in soc.motss‎[1] (Usenet), retrieved 7 March 2017, message-ID <[email protected]>:
      apostrophectomy is a famously painful procedure, and the rate of reinfection is very high. there are also many attested cases where a perfectly functional apostrophe was inappropriately excised.
    • 2004 June 13, David, “Re: The World Quiz League, it's rolling”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe‎[2] (Usenet), retrieved 7 March 2017, message-ID <[email protected]>:
      Apostrophectomy might not be pleasant but I don't think it's illegal.
    • 2009 July 14, Marc Lostracco, “Cruller Intentions”, in Torontoist‎[3], archived from the original on 10 September 2016:
      It [​Tim Hortons​] received an apostrophectomy around the same time to accommodate Quebec language laws and was spun off entirely to shareholders by 2006, remaining registered in corporate haven Delaware.
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