Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A very handsome young man.
- n. A butterfly, also known as mountain apollo (Parnassius apollo).
Etymologies
- (See Apollo.) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“einahpets again...that's from last year. anything you find associated with "apollo" will be from last year.”
“Customize var doubleclick_ad_params = 'wg = 2; wa = 33; wc = US; wac = mb; wac = ah; wac = hw; wac = ct; wi = role-playing; wi = games; wi = science; wi = fiction; jid = 16131782; kw = lessons; kw = learned; kw = design; kw = human; kw = factors; kw = human-machine; kw = interface; kw = apollo; kw = 1549; kw = emergency;!”
“I mean just the computer on the LM and CM will be % 75 smaller with 100 times the computing power .. theres less wieight right there .. the launch abort system for the new orion space capsules is the same as apollo.”
“TrackBack (0) 500 frame per second movie of the apollo 11 launch”
“Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 500 frame per second movie of the apollo 11 launch:”
“April 26, 2010 500 frame per second movie of the apollo 11 launch”
“The apollo mission didn't have much of a 'payload' to the moon.”
“Then out came the apollo on steroids comments from Dr Griffin in stupidity.”
“Flying a little tin can hut to the moon isn't a feat after apollo.”
“Imagine On CNN pictures of the apollo 11 or 15 landing sites .. world wide it would get everyone hyped again. and it would also reminds how we all live on one little planet: D make us realizes what the bigger picture is again ..”
LRO Lets Shuttle Take 17 June Launch Opportunity - NASA Watch
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘apollo’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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Nigerian English
This list was inspired by this article. Any Nigerians out there care to add to it?
chop house, felicitate, jubilate, cutlass, waterloo, tout, urchin, gripe water, vulcanizer, miscreant, can of worms, sorry-o and 121 more...
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A List of Mythical Proportions
All of these things exist, I swear!
unicorn, pegasus, cyclops, yeti, abominable snowman, bigfoot, phoenix, thunderbird, sea serpent, ogre, grue, troll and 138 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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effleurer's Words
languor, nincompoop, masquerade, envelop, deceit, guttersnipe, undulating, ululation, ridiculous, insufferable, loverly, eternity and 89 more...
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the gods must be crazy!
quetzalcoatl, baron-samedi, loa, orichas, arianrhod, aine, amaethon, annwn, arnemetia, balor, badbh, bean nighe and 1061 more...
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NASA
A place for NASA-related stuff, from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, etc.
faithful shepard, lunar module, command service m..., trajectory, moon shot, apollo, mercury, gemini, skylab, viking, velcro, tang and 103 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abetting, abdominal, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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Foxtrot's list
afternoon delight, almost unreal, full of spark, dazzle n daze, alarming stride, rushing tide, double dagger, in the nude, constant pressure, widow maker, bourbon on the rocks, air fare holme and 311 more...
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"A List of His MAJESTY's Ships and Ve...
Boston: Re-Printed and Sold at J. Draper's Printing-Office in Newbury-Street. (Price Sixteen Pence single.)
See the companion list, A LIST of the Men of War the French have left," 174...apollo, deptford, portsmouth, princess royal, scarborough, sutherland, william and mary, mary, fubbs, dublin, charlotte, catherine and 302 more...
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In Gods Name
re, khepera, nut, geb, hathor, seth, horus, min, osiris, anubis, sekhmet, ama-terasu and 104 more...
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on gods and religions
hephaestion, olympian, zeus, hera, achilles, odysseus, iliad, homeric, narcissus, aphrodite, diana, apollo and 60 more...
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Greek Gods and Titans
Greek and roman names of gods, titans, heroes, etc
gaea, uranus, cronus, rhea, oceanus, tethys, hyperion, mnemosyne, themis, iapetus, coeus, crius and 67 more...
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Moon
grapefruit, full, moonshadow, moondance, a display of one'..., waning, new, river, lunar, phase, man in the, apollo and 53 more...
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lovely
maleficent, wanderlust, meiosis, apollo, halcyon, saturnine, dactyl, begonia, porcelain, trilobite, sacrosanct, echolalia and 21 more...
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mythic: Greece
eos, ares, zeus, uranus, urania, tyche, triton, titan, tisiphone, thetis, theseus, themis and 73 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for apollo.
hernesheir Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Likely to meet with approval. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 20, 2013
reesetee HA! Jul 20, 2009
chained_bear "Live from the Apollo 11," a (very entertaining) transcript. Jul 20, 2009
bilby Nigerian English - Conjunctivitis. (an epidemic swept Nigeria around the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing hence the name). Sep 17, 2008