Useful neologism

APOCAPLECTIC
Main Entry: ap.o.ca.plec.tic

    Pronunciation: “a-po-ka-‘plek-tik
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: French or Late Latin; French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplEktikos, from apoplEssein, from English apocalypse
    Date: 2002
    1 : state of extreme agitation over the end of the world
    – ap.o.ca.plec.ti.cal.ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

    Example: “George became quite apocaplectic when he discovered that the genetically-altered virus targeted his genome.”

[Partly to blame on an AIM conversation with D.]

20 responses to “Useful neologism

  1. Apocahontas: last of the Mohicans because of the end of the world?

  2. D

    Apocatalyst: Cats working together to expedite the end of the world.

  3. miguel

    Apocalogy: Sorry about causing the end of the world.

  4. apocraphilia – getting off on the end of the world
    apocaphagia – being eaten by fear of the end of the world
    aposcatology – the end of the world is shite

  5. Believe it or not, I have a post for RH.

    I think I can sit on it until the 23rd, but I might giggle at inappropriate times.

  6. miguel

    apocalypso: jaunty music played at the end of the world.

    yeah, i have a couple RH posts myself. i can’t wait.

  7. miguel

    apocostrophe: contracted end of the world

  8. Apocanorexia: eating disorder because of the end of the world

  9. miguel

    kapokalypse: end of the world due to buoyant fibers.

  10. Apocagnostic: someone who doesn’t believe in the end of the world

  11. Apocalogism: neologism about the end of the world

  12. miguel

    let me insert here that the popular usage of “apocalypse” to mean “end of the world” (which is the way i also normally use it) is not completely correct, since it actually means “prophetic revelation”. sometimes i wonder if the end of the world has already come, and we just haven’t figured it out yet. sometimes i when the end of the world is getting me down, i think “end of the world” used in this way could mean “end of this way of looking at the world” or, “the end of the world as we know it,” and i feel fine.

  13. no3

    Apocapitalist: Someone making huge profits selling the end of the world.
    Apocalyptus: Australian tree that wil only grow when the end is near.

  14. D

    Apocatatonic: stupor caused by the end of the world

    Apocatalonia: the end of the world in Spain

    Apocarbureta: getting more mileage out of the end of the world.

  15. Apocappella: Announcing the End by voice only

    Apocalista: The End caused by Ally mc Beal

    Apocalifragilisticexpialidocious: The End according to Walt Disney

    Apocamasutra: fuck the End

    Apocastration: an Ending without balls

  16. Mig, make this a permanent collection, please…

    Apocarnival: circus at the end of the world.
    Apocapital: center of the end of the world.
    Apocatatonic: drink in the bar at the end of the world that makes you go numb

  17. D

    Apocatalog: products available for the end of the world, may take six to eight weeks to deliver.

  18. Apocaleocious: when African lions roam the forests of Arkansas.

  19. Apocalaxis of Evil: Austria – Belgium – USA

  20. FRITTATAPOCALYPSE: the theme is post-nuclear disaster, eschatology, destruction, the end of the world. D