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[beachguy in thongs]

affect was not found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms

affect was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary in the following entries:

affect (INFLUENCE)
affect (PRETEND)
affect was found in the Cambridge Dictionary of American English in the following entries:

affect (INFLUENCE)
affect (PRETEND)
affect was found in the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary in the following entries:

affect (verb)
affect was found in the Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact in the following entries:

affect
affect was found in the Diccionario Cambridge Klett Compact in the following entries:

affect
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apeshit

beachguy in thongs Reviewed by beachguy in thongs on 10-01-2005. Do you see something wrong with this? affect was not found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms affect was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary in the following entries: affect (INFLUENCE) affect (PRETEND) affect was found in the Cambridge Dictionary of American English in the following entries: affect (INFLUENCE) affect (PRETEND) Rating: 5

[tokosan]

the only thing I see wrong here is YOUR FACE

[Phresher than it Got]

nice?

[GHoSToKeR]

lol @ apeshit

Did it seriously suggest that as an alternative?

[beachguy in thongs]

I wanted to see what the Cambridge Book of Idioms was like, so I clicked on the blank space and chose "affect" from the list of words. Post #1 was exactly what they came up with. They offered no other examples for the mis-spelling other than "apeshit".

[beachguy in thongs]

the only thing I see wrong here is YOUR FACE

Speaking of YOUR FACE, ahh, forget it.

[st0n3r]

urr yeh there gay

[ilikerabbits]

urr yeh there gay

you quar ?

[ArtRollins]

AFFEERERS, English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet. Hawk. 1. 2, c. 112.


That is the closest I could get to that word. This is from a dictionary dated 1823. Perhaps your word has root there? Here is another. So why the ommisions in these others?

af·fect1 ( P )
tr.v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.

n. (fkt)
Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: â??The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affectâ?� (Norman Mailer).
Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

[ArtRollins]

English (as in not American) dictionaries?

You have heard of newspeak?