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		theoh on Jan 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cultivated Disinterest in Professional Sports Affect =/= affectation, if that's what you meant to say.

serve_yay on Jan 30, 2015 [–]

I suppose. Colloquially "an affect" means a put-on or, sure, an affectation. Affectation is just such a clumsy word, though.

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