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Gore Effect 

The phenomenon that leads to unseasonably cold temperatures, driving rain, hail, or snow whenever Al Gore visits an area to discuss global warming. Hence, the Gore Effect.
- Australia, November 2006: Al Gore is visiting two weeks before summer begins. The Gore Effect strikes: "Ski resort operators gazed at the snow in amazement. Parents took children out of school and headed for the mountains. Cricketers scurried amid bullets of hail as Melburnians traded lunchtime tales of the incredible cold." (The Age)

- New York, March 2004: "Gore chose January 15, 2004, one of the coldest days in New York City's history, to rail against the Bush administration and global warming skeptics... Global warming, Gore told a startled audience, is causing record cold temperatures." (NY Environment News)
Gore Effect by Bill Calvin November 15, 2006
Word of the Day on January 23, 2007
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Gore Effect 

The phenomenon that leads to temperature decrease whenever global warming or climatic change is discussed having Al Gore's work as important reference.
Due to Gore Effect, low temperatures produce deaths in Perú while International events in Lima (European Union - Latin America Caribbean Summit) will discuss Global Warming - May 2008

Gore Effect 

2. Refusal of an audience to grasp even the most basic model of climate change, even after it is explained, preferring to smirk at its absurdity.
Hey, we may have a tragic, unnecessary war, an exploding deficit, and overseas torture chambers, but at least we don't have to pay attention to the Gore effect.
Gore Effect by Adlai January 27, 2007

Gore Effect 

The phenomenon whereby right-wing climate change denialists grasp onto any weather event not involving wildfire occurring in the same hemisphere that Al Gore is visiting and use it to "prove" that climate change is a myth.
Al Gore visited Brisbane, Australia last week. Brisbane's average temperature at this time of year is 23.4 degrees Celsius. During Gore's visit the temperature peaked at 23.3 degrees Celsius. Groupthinking right-wing bloggers have declared the Gore Effect active in Brisbane, Australia.
Gore Effect by Iain Hall December 15, 2008

Collective 600 pound gorilla 

A group of people that rolls 600 pounds deep, which is really no different than if one person acted like the 600 pound gorilla all by themself, it's just bullying spread around a group to fuck with somebody. Just like each person has an asshole, and to some degree is an asshole, a collective 600 pound gorilla has a collective asshole so that no one person has to take responsibility for being the asshole or the one who said this or that.
The collective 600 pound gorilla was punching its chest, showing who the alphas were.
Word of the Day on June 12, 2026

Team of Destiny 

noun

A sports team/organization that by all conventional metrics should not have success/wins in whatever activity, but somehow by apparent luck they find a way to win.
example: "The 2013-2014 University of Auburn football team was the team of destiny that year that managed to make it all the way to the championship."
Team of Destiny by BIGDADY February 8, 2024
Word of the Day on June 11, 2026

House Mouse

A man or women, unmarried, and living like a house wife or house husband. A house mouse is very pampered and well cared for, in exchange for this the mouse takes care of the house and anything elts to keep master happy.
What do you do for work?
I dont work, I'm someone's house mouse.
House Mouse by Pampered Bitch July 12, 2018
Word of the Day on June 10, 2026