Dunning-Kruger effect

When someone is bad/stupid/ignorant in a field, and thinks they are great/good/guru/expert. This normally happens due to people not having enough knowledge in that field to even know that they are bad at this field. A great place to find and report these people is at /r/iamverysmart

Dude1 : I am an expert in math
Dude2 : You are falling to the dunning-kruger effect (seriously wtf why do I have to include the word in this), all you know is how to add and subtract

by Click Here! December 22, 2017

Pitchfork Effect

Indie kids around the world flock to buy and/or download the latest high ranking reviewed album published by the quintessential yet slightly biased indie music site, Pitchforkmedia.com.

Generic Indie Kid #1: (As he laces up his pre-worn converses)
"OMG Pitchfork has just reviewed the new Times New Viking!"

Generic Indie Kid #2: "Shit! Seriously?! That's the new lo-fi noise rock band isn't it?! I'm so downloading that right now."

Metal Head: "The Pitchfork Effect at it's finest..."

by Levis454 January 24, 2008

iceberg effect

The deception of a fat girl taking a close-up picture of herself from above her head while looking upwards, making the face lard retreat and thus letting her appear to be skinny - hiding 90% of her tremendous corpus.

An extremely exposed cleavage is optional and prevalent.

- Woah, see this girl on (arbitrary website)! She's hot, right?
- No, I believe it's the iceberg effect...

by jondk November 10, 2011

Kanye West Effect

When you're ego makes you look like an overconfident, stuck up idiot.

He looked like a total a-hat, that's called the Kanye West Effect.

by Oh my my December 8, 2015

The Prince Albert Effect

when you want to do something a little bit more every day until eventually it all becomes too much; you are overcome by your once-minuscule desires and go out and do something you would've thought was crazy months ago

The Prince Albert Effect is so named because it is a key reason many men get Prince Albert piercings (a bolt through your shlong) - it seems kinda cool one day, then after a few weeks, months, (hours) of it weighing on your mind, you finally decide "Hey, sweet! I'm going to get me one of those!" and then shock EVERYONE.

A while back, Brad was thinking about getting a Prince Albert. The idea really grew on him over the course of a few months, and last weekend, Brad got the piercing, thus experiencing the Prince Albert Effect (literally).

by Amferny March 3, 2008

Christopher Columbus Effect

When someone discovers something great. Then, someone else takes that and calls it his own. Suddenly, everyone knows that person #2 "discovered" it. Really annoying when you're person #1. I'm sure we've all been in this situation before!

Person #1: Hey dude, look at this new strategy i just found! It cuts lots of time off of my score!
Person #2: HEY EVERYONE I JUST FOUND THIS NEW TACTIC I CAN BEAT YOU ALL NOW!
Person #1: Dude, that's the Christopher Columbus Effect. You can't just take me work!

by kevinc1012 September 11, 2010

Effexor

Effexor is an antidepressant that works VERY well, when i take it the only downsides are headaches and insomnia. other than that all i feel is constant euphoria for hours on end. it's highly mentally addictive though, once your on it and suddenly stop youll have weeks of withdrawls and moodiness and anxiety and headaches and feeling sick a lot.

person 1: man im inlove with effexor, but once it wears off i feel like I'll die if i stop taking it
person 2: wow, maybe you should stop taking it if it only helps you when your on it
person 1: hell no! this feeling is way to great

by inlove_w_pills February 4, 2015