affectation

Vocal fry is a normal vocal affectation — used by both men and women — where you drop your voice for emphasis.

That is reinforced when we watch reporters embarrass themselves in the White House briefing room; whether it’s asking about the vice president’s situational affectation of a Southern accent, or a “gotcha” question about free speech and satire riddled with racist comments.

Saying they will write in someone else's name, as former Vice President Mike Pence and former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton, are saying they will do is a silly affectation.

In Vance, Republicans have a potential vice president who projects a hostile affectation of purported Middle American family values.

“A gun is a tool to put holes in things,” Nguyen says in his gentle rasp that sometimes takes on a surfer bro affectation.