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affectation
Something you do to make yourself seem cooler than you are. A lot of the time you don't really realize you're doing it, but all of the time you look a fool to everyone watching, assuming they've grown up more than you have.
Almost everyone has some affectations, but people with a lot of them stick out like sore thumbs and they don't even know it. See try-hard.
People in high school and college (especially) tend to have a lot of affectations because they are stupid. Or because they don't have the life experience to know that they are being stupid. Oftentimes both.
Almost everyone has some affectations, but people with a lot of them stick out like sore thumbs and they don't even know it. See try-hard.
People in high school and college (especially) tend to have a lot of affectations because they are stupid. Or because they don't have the life experience to know that they are being stupid. Oftentimes both.
The college sophomore down the hall who wears a fedora every day (known, unknowingly, to his hallmates as "Fedora Guy"): "I like to think I'm an endearingly mysterious gentleman."
The kid with the fake accent/other contrived manner of speaking: "The way I casually throw in SAT words into my everyday speech makes the Normals uncomfortable, which is really cool because that means I'm impressing them and earning their respect."
Self-proclaimed nerd: "I really like showing people that I know a whole lot about really obscure things like math and the internet, because when I meet people who are 'in the know' like me and who actually deserve to be in my presence, they'll know what I'm talking about and they'll be really impressed, which is epic hacks!"
Dumb college kid at top-tier liberal arts school: "I'm so glad I've finally found a community where people like me can just bounce ideas off one another. I'm really excited about completely changing the way I think about everything by surrounding myself with such a diverse population of people who are exactly like me. Also I really really care about the actually important stuff, like politics and Darfur and voting and political correctness and intellectual conversations and getting drunk once in a while and being offended while remaining open-minded."
Generic affected individual: "What? No, that's not an affectation, that's just the way I've always done that. No, you've got it all wrong--I do it for a reason. Plus--heh heh--it just plain looks cool."
No dice, buddy.
The kid with the fake accent/other contrived manner of speaking: "The way I casually throw in SAT words into my everyday speech makes the Normals uncomfortable, which is really cool because that means I'm impressing them and earning their respect."
Self-proclaimed nerd: "I really like showing people that I know a whole lot about really obscure things like math and the internet, because when I meet people who are 'in the know' like me and who actually deserve to be in my presence, they'll know what I'm talking about and they'll be really impressed, which is epic hacks!"
Dumb college kid at top-tier liberal arts school: "I'm so glad I've finally found a community where people like me can just bounce ideas off one another. I'm really excited about completely changing the way I think about everything by surrounding myself with such a diverse population of people who are exactly like me. Also I really really care about the actually important stuff, like politics and Darfur and voting and political correctness and intellectual conversations and getting drunk once in a while and being offended while remaining open-minded."
Generic affected individual: "What? No, that's not an affectation, that's just the way I've always done that. No, you've got it all wrong--I do it for a reason. Plus--heh heh--it just plain looks cool."
No dice, buddy.
affectation by futanari basashi January 23, 2009
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Adopting Affectations by Carter August Reich June 23, 2005
affectitties
"What's up with Jen's British accent and boobs?"
"They're both fake. The accent is an affectation and the breasts are affectitties."
"They're both fake. The accent is an affectation and the breasts are affectitties."
affectitties by Professor_fuzzy_pants October 9, 2016
affectaed
Affectaed is a very popular Youtuber within the K-Pop community. She makes informational and opinion videos about K-Pop, everything from the entertainment point of view, music to behind the scene.
Potential earnings are $ 26.59k per video.
Average video views: 4.91M
Total Views: 83.37M
Joined Youtube in 2016 and lives in Norway.
Gained over 300k subscribers in less than a year. Fearlessly opinionated and influences a lot of people in the K-Pop community.
Subscribers rank:
58,098th
Entertainment rank:
13,177th
Video views rank:
65,546th
Country rank:
60th
Potential earnings are $ 26.59k per video.
Average video views: 4.91M
Total Views: 83.37M
Joined Youtube in 2016 and lives in Norway.
Gained over 300k subscribers in less than a year. Fearlessly opinionated and influences a lot of people in the K-Pop community.
Subscribers rank:
58,098th
Entertainment rank:
13,177th
Video views rank:
65,546th
Country rank:
60th
affectaed by jeonmcflurry January 19, 2021
afflectation
Alyssa: physical or emotional?
Holden: emotional penetration?
Alyssa: i fell in love hard with Caitlin Brie in high school.
Holden: physical?
Alyssa: we had sex.
Holden: yeah, but not real sex.
Alyssa: i move to have that Afflectation stricken from the record on account of it makes you sound like an asshole.
Holden: emotional penetration?
Alyssa: i fell in love hard with Caitlin Brie in high school.
Holden: physical?
Alyssa: we had sex.
Holden: yeah, but not real sex.
Alyssa: i move to have that Afflectation stricken from the record on account of it makes you sound like an asshole.
afflectation by Mavelicious April 8, 2009
affectatious
Zach's white shirt was very affectatious with all the extra buttons and loops. He seems like a t-shirt and jeans kind of guy.
affectatious by quixar August 8, 2009
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