Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. common misspelling of asterisk.
Examples
“Dear Garth, having read many of your letters in the herald over decades, I find it difficult to imagine that you could make such a basic spelling mistake as "asterix" (in both the web and printed version).”
“However, if your custom search engine has a subscribed link for comic book characters, users can just type "asterix" in the search box and immediately get your custom result at the top of the results page.”
“Put an asterix by Bonds and McGuire in baseball and this damn giant fish caught in Canada.”
New (Pending) All-Tackle World Record Rainbow Trout Caught in Saskatchewan's Diefenbaker Lake
“Then put an asterix next to things that happened under his first year that were not due to Obama himself (Pelosi, Acorn, the Peace Prize)”
Think Progress » Will Scott Brown Stick By Birther Candidate Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden?
“Then put an asterix next to policy that is being obstructed by Republicans (cap and trade, global warming, health reform).”
Think Progress » Will Scott Brown Stick By Birther Candidate Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden?
“On the contrary, Catawba is one of the few native varieties that historically has received a special asterix next to its name.”
“Of course, I am in no position to resolve the dispute, but I think you pointed out yourself, by putting an asterix on *ipés, that the inflection of ipa is unknown, and thus, any theory about the case adherence of ipa must remain a theory until further evidence is at hand.”
“In either case he'll have an asterix beside his name and he will be weakened against McCain.”
“The Blue-dog Democrats we support should every one of them have an asterix ( "*") beside their name, if only mentally.”
“Snowblowr: I'll put an asterix beside the request.”
Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: On The Road Again But No Cowboy
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘asterix’.
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PMPope's list
Words for Words
asterix, garrulous, ampersand, exclaimation, ponderous, fickle, finale, etheric, solar, astronomic, plummeting, fogline and 33 more...
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alasophia's list
supreme, whilst, myristoylated, languish, exponentially, via, facilitate, bloke, enchant, eloquent, muse, lacquer and 31 more...
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fingernails on my chalkboard
aka malapropisms that drive me crazy
touch basis, irregardless, secure deliverly, should of, heighth, asterix, sherbert, nucular, ekcetra, suppose to, for all intensive..., kerfluffle and 9 more...
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danke's Words
recalcitrant, indigenous, atavistic, insurgent, hardy, laidback, mystic, brahmin, boston, melanin, pigmentation, epidermal and 75 more...
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Bzzzt, Try Again
That's not a word. Saying it more often doesn't help.
simular, nucular, jagwire, supposably, asterix, spicket, lozenger, explamation, ect., irregardless, renumeration, heighth and 3 more...
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Why Can't People Pronounce These Prop...
Words that make me crazy when people say or spell them wrong. You don't know what it took out of me to type them this way.
See another (kinder, gentler) list "Unexpected Pronunciation"...supposably, irregardless, utilize, warsh, nucular, expresso, guesstimate, inneresting, aks, for all intensive..., heighth, excetera and 45 more...
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gelbbauchige_unke's Words
knox, kaiserschmarrn, quantensingularität, mcgyver, zeitparadoxon, asgard, schnuckl, saubauch, telefonterror, jack, grasshopper, hölle and 51 more...
Tweets
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pmpope true spelling= asteriskos from the Greek,
astarisc from ME, Or ateriscus Feb 5, 2009
chained_bear Another terrible (and comic) misspelling of asterisk is here. Oct 23, 2008
bilby It's all this hanging upside down. Watching your sheep float off into space all the time is terribly soul-destroying. Jun 17, 2008
yarb These aussies are crazy! *taps head* Jun 17, 2008
plethora I've never liked the Asterix comics, myself. I find them rather boring. They're probably better in the original French. Jun 17, 2008
rhizome31 He's a French comics character. The image search will show you how he looks like. He's a short and witty gaulish warrior. The image search will show you how he looks like. Jun 16, 2008