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The Waters Effect

When your sister hooks up with your girlfriend and she becomes your escomo sibling.
I got hit with the waters effect this weekend how do I tell my Dad!
by Sanguinor August 29, 2020
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The "Ezra Effect"

When a person of a higher skill level parties with a person of lower skill level, the higher skill player is to fall to the level of the lower skilled player.
James has been playing games with his brother too much, he just fell to bronze 4, he is suffering the "Ezra Effect"
by American Pi December 30, 2016
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The Nugget Effect

Surpassing a level of excruciating hunger wherein one becomes less hungry than originally anticipated.
The 300 chicken nugget challenge was on my mind all day. I refused to eat. Half an hour before go time, he decided to have a girl over and have some fun. I was livid. When we finally got to McDonalds an hour later I barely made it past 20 effectively making me the first to experience "The Nugget Effect".
by Reez91 November 22, 2011
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Chronicler Effect

When one adopts the persona of having a crush on someone not available to them (usually because they are fictional or along-dead historical figures) for the sake of a joke for so long that one develops a legitimate crush on them.

Named after a member of a history-themed discord server who acted as a chronicler of all the events occurring (this happens to be me lol).
Chronicler: I say Anna Komnene my beloved, but is it sad that I think I legitimately have a bit of a crush on her now?

Sokrates: Same, I think I might have actually got the Chronicler Effect. I 've got an actual crush on Belisarius as well!
by AnnaKomneneMyBeloved<3 January 20, 2023
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Ziekenheiner Effect

Having buttons undone on your shirt to expose more chest
Matt was suffering from the Ziekenheiner Effect the other day. Buttons wasn't happy
by HomerJSimpson January 17, 2020
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landdella effect

When someone don't care about the land.
he or she shows no respect for the land.
someone who litters on a average.
someone who don't care what happens to the land.
Chris has a bad case of the landdella effect.
by ONE MAN WOLF PACK 777 March 25, 2021
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Waifu Effect

The Waifu Effect describes a phenomenon in which a fictional work or character gains popularity solely by containing what many people consider to be "waifu-material"(see "Waifu" entry for more info). The work in question often becomes famous for such, and the Waifu Effect can often (but not always) overshadow other elements, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Many shows/media intentionally exploit this phenomenon in order to market their products, which can also be used to hide negative qualities.

The Waifu effect is particularly noticeable within the fanart community, as it can shoot characters/works into the spotlight through the Waifu effect alone. In order for a work to benefit from the Waifu effect, the characters must be diverse and varied. They must have enough of a background to give artists a jumping-off point, but be open enough so that artists have enough wiggle room to insert their own creativity into it. Some big examples that exhibit the Waifu Effect phenomenon are Kantai Collection and Touhou Project.
Overwatch fan: Man, have you been seeing all the amazing Overwatch fanart from Japan artists lately?

JRPG enthusiast: That's unexpected, I thought that Japan didn't really like FPS games. Why would a western FPS like Overwatch ever be popular there?

Overwatch fan: Nah, it's the Waifu Effect, I'm tellin' ya. Put enough attractive and diverse female characters into your work and artists/social media are bound to jump on that shit.
by schoolbomb February 1, 2018
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