affected vs laid on with a trowel

affected

adj
  • Influenced or changed by something. 

  • Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation. 

  • Emotionally moved; touched. 

  • Simulated in order to impress. 

  • artificial, stilted 

noun
  • Someone affected, as by a disease. 

laid on with a trowel

How often have the words affected and laid on with a trowel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )