A type of cognitive bias where a person will miss a lot of details the first time they experience something, and only catch those details and fully enjoy the experience when experiencing it for a second or even third time. This is due to the person being in a state of shock and strong emotion as things are constantly catching them by surprise. The name comes from the fact that this effect is most commonly and famously known to occur on intense rollercoasters.

I had to watch the anime series again, the rollercoaster effect really got me.

Rollercoaster Effect by theauggieboy March 31, 2025

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Weed Rollercoaster

A weed rollercoaster is a occurance that happens when you smoke at least 3-4 bowls of weed and when you sit back and relax and empty your mind it feels like your riding a rollercoaster.Sometimes if you roll your eyes back you feel as if you come out of your body and you have a feeling of extreme bliss.Its quite annoying if you are starting to ride a rollercoaster and some one trys to talk to you or snap you out of it.You know if someone just got done riding cause they will have a large smile on there face.

(Josh looks at Jantzen)

Josh:Damn Jantzen always be riding them rollercoasters

(Jantzen comes off the rollercoaster)

Jantzen:God damn im high as fuck;I felt like i was fucking

going a thousand miles a hour

Josh:Haha,nigga you just rode a weed rollercoaster didnt you?

Jantzen:Hell yea

Weed Rollercoaster by Highboyz 3 September 29, 2009

bone rollercoaster

slang for sexual intercourse. From an outtake of the movie Office Space.

I'm going to give her a ride on the bone rollercoaster.

bone rollercoaster by deskiedennis January 10, 2008

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Emotional [Rollercoaster]

The term Emotional Rollercoaster was coined by Dr. N. Amundson in dealing with unemployment, first in a research article: Amundson, N.E., & Borgen, W. (1982). The dynamics of unemployment: Job loss and job search. Personnel and Guidance Journal, 60, 562-564. It was most likely made popular when Nelson Canada published their booklet At the Controls:Charting your course through unemployment in 1987. Approximately 960,000 copies of this book were bought by the Gov't of Canada and distributed to people dealing with unemployment between 1987 and 1996.

"Shock! Relief! Sadness! Excitement! Frustration! Lack of energy! Hopelessness! Determination! People feel many different emotions when they are out of work. these feelings may be a bit different from one person to another depending on how you lost your job, how long you have been out of work, your future possibilities, and whether you can provide for your family or others who depend on you.

However, many of the unemployed people we talked with described similar patterns of emotions. They described these feelings as an "emotional rollercoaster" that kept them off balance… " (Amundson and Borgen, At the Controls, 1987)

Emotional [Rollercoaster] by Ergon Communications February 5, 2013

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