Q: What the heck does Apo-something mean, Hoarse Man?
A scene from The Down Button a Rick Lynxwood film starring Ron Lynch Chalice
HM: Apo-something means I just don’t know what yet! The easy way out would be Apocalypse…but it’s like way overdone. How many freakin’ movies can they make about it? So I started looking at alternatives. The internet is handy, but sometimes nothing beats a big fat hardcover Webster’s Dictionary. Take a look at the list below, and let me know what YOU think.
- Apoapsis – Man, I’ve gotta say that certainly fits, same number of syllables, too. Sometimes I really feel like I’m a long way from my gravitational center. Out of the loop, almost.
- Apocarpous – Sheesh! I don’t have any carpels, let alone separate ones. WTF is a carpel anyway? Sounds a little bit like the PITA tunnel I have in my wrist.
- Apochromatic – First of all too many syllables. Not even going to waste time with that distorted image. (even a self-image)
- Apocope – Wha…? Th… F…
- Apocrine – we don’t do secretions here.
- Apocrypha – Nope! I know who’s writing this crap. No doubtful authorship here. Hmmm… about that authenticity, though…
- Skipping, skipping, skipping…a bunch of really boring ones.
- Apologist – Like that ever happens, I should kick apology off the list, too.
- Apomorphine – What d’ya think? Sounds a little hazy to me.
- Aporia – This one has got to be getting close. The definition has a lot of big words in it, including literary…
- Apostasy – No, I’ve got no belief that this one is right.
- Apostrophe – By Jove, I think this is it! I leave stuff out…and the stuff in here (the blog, not my head…ok, maybe in my head) is mine…mine…mine!
- Apothecary – ask me tomorrow when I’ve taken my meds…
- and last, but far from least…Apotheosis – thanks, you really shouldn’t, but hey if that’s what you think who am I to disagree?
AFN,
HM
