"aff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: affs [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Head templates: {{en-noun}} aff (plural affs)
  1. (manifestation community) Clipping of affirmation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: affirmation
    Sense id: en-aff-en-noun-xwVkgpQ-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æf/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: affs [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Apocopic form of affirmative. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form|en|affirmative}} Apocopic form of affirmative Head templates: {{en-noun}} aff (plural affs)
  1. (debating) Affirmative; the resolution made by one group and countered by the opposing group's negative.
    Sense id: en-aff-en-noun-ILTjFNSH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2022 April 20, u/random-acc248, “[GENERAL] can you recommend me list of the most powerful affirmations for shifting ?”, in r/shiftingrealities (Reddit post), archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "it varies person to person. affs alone don't hold power and there's no specific one that will absolutely work best for everyone. it depends on how the aff makes u feel. if it resonates and makes sense to u. if it evokes emotion or helps u understand shifting better.",
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          "ref": "2025 January 29, @babygirlloass, X (post), archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "for all my peeps that overthink their affirmations. If you say 'sp is obsessed with me' this is what they'll start doing ¶ It's such a straight to the point aff. You don't have to micromanage and affirm for every single trait",
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          "ref": "2025 March 9, @girlwevrything, X (post), archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "ppl arguing over toxic affs.. they couldn't survive in underground subliminal community lol",
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          "ref": "2026 January 7, u/pickles2714000, “robotic affs work so well aaaaaaaa”, in r/Manifestation (Reddit post), archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "for example if u wanna manifest appearance changes let's say a smaller nose, just keep repeating affs in ur head like \"i have a small nose\" \"my nose is so small\" \"i love my small nose\" literally just like that, even if u don't see changes in ur 3d just keep doing it, everytime u get a negative thought just affirm, and u will see results just believe in it^",
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