by ReverseHaloEffect May 14, 2006
A cognitive bias in which a subject is judged negatively as a whole based on a single and often circumstantial component. The opposite of the halo effect.
Bob: You’re going to see the new Sex and the City movie? That’s going to suck!
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
by ReverseHaloEffect June 30, 2010
Lay a hard solid turd, usually a long and thick shot that can get stuck in the narrow passage of a toilet (and cause a serious overflow for your downstairs neighbor).
When I was told that I'd just shit a brick, I actually felt like I'd just shit a brick. (The latter uses the more accepted definition, associated with anxiety and stress.)
by ReverseHaloEffect May 12, 2020
The end result of flatulence, only much more intense than normal. May be used by kids to indicate a smelly blast of this type. Also spelled "stinkey."
by ReverseHaloEffect April 27, 2006
An obedient unquestioning individual of either gender, usually in a high-ranking position at a multinational office (e.g. politics). Based on the 1972 novel of the identical title, this use of the term moves beyond the "cult of domesticity" and expands as far as the public / political arena.
In this government, a strong independent representative is very much frowned upon, but a Stepford wife lasts for the entire term.
by ReverseHaloEffect November 05, 2020
noun; a "not guilty" plea made by anyone, regardless of private or public status, in response to an action ordered by a public body that considers itself superior in rank and / or class.
Also known as "Nuremberg defense," "just doing my job," "just following orders," "superior orders"
Also known as "Nuremberg defense," "just doing my job," "just following orders," "superior orders"
As wildfires raged on the coast and social media outside Canada lit up with reports and footage, Meta and Instagram claimed the Nuremberg justification against the federal government over Bill C-18.
by ReverseHaloEffect August 26, 2023
(Noun) An individual possessing no brains whatsoever, but usually plenty of ego; the topmost appendage on such an individual.
by ReverseHaloEffect July 28, 2009