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They all drove, flew and hopped trains from just about every corner of the country and spent their hours before boarding the Mothership (the term affectionately given the Hampton Coliseum due to its resemblance to a spaceship) in the parking lot tailgating, trying to score a last-minute ticket, selling food or homemade wares, and even attempting to find some chemical enhancement for the show later (not that we'd condone such behavior).

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 2009

It nearly brought a tear to my eye when I saw thousands of screaming fans watching a bunch of (and I use the term affectionately) nerds out there doing their thing.

Sun Bloggers 2009

Blue Meanie was the name affectionately given to members of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office after their excessive use of force in 1969 against the protesters who “took” People’s Park away from the university and turned it into a community gathering place.

Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

Give our kind respects to Mr Bird and family, and say that we feel truly the loss of so kind and hospitable a friend as our late Aunt, and remember all favours from Susan and Mr and Mrs Lockwood, to whom as to you, we wish to remain affectionately

Letter 89 2009

Or as we have come to call it affectionately … a Midtown Lunch.

Midtown Lunch… Now Serving Downtown & Philadelphia | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

Gold then fell in the 1980s and '90s in what was called affectionately "The Great Moderation."

Beyond the Gold and Bond Bubbles David Malpass 2011

When Ashley Kerekes from Massachusetts had her name affectionately shortened to "The Ashes" she didn't think anything of using this moniker for her Twitter account – at least not until the actual Ashes began and cricket fans across the globe started unwittingly namechecking her in their tweets.

Tweet after me: The Ashes is not a freaking cricket match Tim Jonze 2010

And these clowns in Washington -- and I use that term affectionately -- sit by and watch all of this going on and busy themselves with some kind of juvenile debate about immigration reform.

CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2006 2006

And these clowns in Washington -- and I use that term affectionately -- sit by and watch all of this going on and busy themselves with some kind of juvenile debate about immigration reform.

CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2006 2006

GERAGOS: This group of people they call affectionately, I think, the gang that couldn't shoot straight.

CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2002 2002