Maybe, the AHD knows something we don't<P>af·fair <BR>n. <BR><snip><BR>A social function. <BR>A matter of personal concern. <BR>affairs Personal business: get one's affairs in order. <BR>A matter causing public scandal and controversy: the Dreyfus affair. <P><B>AND... (drum roll)</B><P>[i]A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one <B>of brief duration</B>, between two people who are not married to each other.[i] <P>Ya right..<BR>------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition<BR>Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.<BR>Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.