fox effect

Turns you into a flaming liberal.

Watching Fox TV with my dad for the day had the fox effect on me. I have always considered myself slightly conservative but after the fox effect took hold I am practically a commie.,

by byline November 14, 2013

Westermarck effect

The Westermarck effect, or reverse sexual imprinting, is a hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to sexual attraction.

The professor says the Westermarck effect is why incest is taboo.

by Ravenalien October 8, 2015

cache effects

A made up reason explaining some phenomenon. Has no real meaning, but is used as a placeholder for BS-ing, especially in computer science.

Sam: Dr. Plank, what causes those strange aberrations in your graph?
Dr. Plank: Don't worry Sam, those are just cache effects.

by BTreesEvryDay June 21, 2016

calzone effect

When your buddie orders a calzone delivered to your house and then you order one within an hour causing the calzone effect to take place

I ordered a calzone because of the calzone effect

by Green420ray June 6, 2016

Mendela Effect

Many of us — mostly total strangers — remember the exact same events with the exact same details. However, our memories are different from what’s in history books, newspaper archives, and so on.

This isn’t a conspiracy, and we’re not talking about “false memories.” Many of us speculate that parallel realities exist, and we’ve been “sliding” between them without realizing it.

OMG You remember that too that's probably just the mendela effect

by Tyler Carreno November 30, 2016

bockman effect

Getting everyone at a gathering to take a shot

The Bockman effect is in full effect tonight! Everyone is drunk!

by Meeeps3 February 17, 2017

kyle effect

when everything just kinda sucks

The Kyle effect caused nothing to spawn in this warehouse

by macaronipizza July 29, 2017