It means having too much traffic on a web site due to its link being posted on lifehacker.com as a feature article, sometimes even causing the featured web site to go down.
I just visited the site, but it seems the lifehacker effect took off again!
by mish1234568 March 14, 2009
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The lag of a small website resulting from a link posted on lifehacker.com
This site is so slow. It must be suffering from lifehacker lag.
by coreyjo January 29, 2014
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Something very stupid that is supposed to make things cheap and easy but just makes you seem like you're poor and a retard.
5 Minute Craft Lifehacks are so stupid, I did one of the pop-socket ones and my phone case melted.
by Ozzy The Gamer Dog June 4, 2021
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