Affected and Bogus

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Affected adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

Usage example: an affected southern accent

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Bogus and affected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bogus" instead an adjective "Affected".

Bogus adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.

Usage example: for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff

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Affected and bogus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affected" instead an adjective "Bogus".

He speaks with a blend of English RP (which suits his status as stiff upper lip officer) and Trans-Atlantic, which is generally used to sound "cool", but has the side-effect of sounding slightly bogus, cheesy and affected.

Source: Unexplained Accent

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