xerox effect

when the name of a brand has been so widely accepted for referring to an item that many people only use the brand name as the name of the item.

Asking for a kleenex rather than a tissue is a good example of the xerox effect.

by 1-800-spunjah August 22, 2020

The Gehe Effect

The Gehe Effect (TGE) is wanting desperately to know absolutly everything about someone you've never met or never talked to, this causes a puppy love-like longing that can turn into aggressive stalking and/or adorably crushing on the one causing the effect. These things can lead to an odd senpai idealism or actual feelings for the effector. Sometimes the effected never actually have any kind of contact what so ever with their effector but prefer to wallow in their unrequited love from afar until the effect passes or the effected looses interest.

Jillian: OMG! Spencer is so crushing on Jill, but he's never talked to her before x3.
Olivia: Lol, Jill is having The Gehe Effect on him.
Jillian: Totes! He wanted me to tell him all about how she likes to be treated, he really wants to make her feel loved! It's so cute!

by Matakatari August 30, 2014

skes effect

skes is a discord server with 2.1k members yet when they do @everyone or @here, only 6-17 people come, this is known as the skes effect and is being spread on to other servers as we speak, to prevent this effect there are 3 simple steps, 1) be any other server other than skes 2) have a server named something other than skes 3) don't be skes

"bro have you visited skes recently"
"yeah it's like a waste land"
"thats the skes effect i guess."

by Mellson January 17, 2021

Flashlight Effect

When a male/female takes a face selfie, and turns on flash which makes the persons face appear better. Blemishes, scars, etc. become transparent

Cassidy: hey dude i met this awesome chick last night on instagram bro
Jack: Stellar! Are you gonna date her?
Cassidy: well, yea-
Malcomn: wait! let me see a picture of her
Cassidy: well you can't really see her face, the picture has a lot of flash
Malcomn: The flashlight effect dude....
Cassidy: rats...

by akunissinuka May 8, 2014

Kenny Effect

The Kenny effect is when a person named Kenny has someone do something abnormal or out of the ordinary of themselves in the presence of Kenny

Girl: I’ve never done this before, but with you its different
Guy: thats the Kenny Effect

by realdealkin June 12, 2019

The Bossman Effect

Referring to when you associate a character to a person because they used it as their profile picture for a long time; whenever you see the character, you immediately think of the person in question.

k: Every time I see kagura I can’t help but think it’s supposed to be bossman lol
Bossman™: The bossman effect

by k from twittah June 20, 2021

The Gratata Effect

An event in which someone leads you on, in a relatable subject, to your imminent demise.

Guy 1: "Dude, me and this girl that I really like were sexting, and things were getting hot and then she blocked me!"
Guy 2: "That's what you call The Gratata Effect, my friend."

by Hudson Von Ghoul March 1, 2017