What the hell is an apostrifier?

I’m taking a break while I grade Foundational English midterms (shudder) and I had to stop and blog about the answer I got for a question I put to my darling cherubs about what was wrong with something very much like this photo:
One of my graphic design, tetris-addicted sweetumses answered, “No apostrifiers.”
Thwack.
Thwackity.
Thwack.
That’s be [...]

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Grammar Police: Citation

This past summer, while strolling though Old Montreal, my daughters and I came across a t-shirt seller; his wares were varied - raunchy for those who wanted that sort of thing, and then, THIS sort of thing.

 
WHY is it so difficult?
 
Hmm, perhaps I’ll put this on my final exam.

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