The Daily Show Effect

When the Daily Show goes on break a major disaster/news story happens the Friday immediately after the week's last show or early in the week off.

Dude,first the earthquake in Haiti,then the governor of Arizona,now the tsunami in Japan.The daily show effect must be at work.

by itstotallytrue March 31, 2011

Quince Effect

Not quite - I thought was when a bisexual man picks up a woman in a gay club by spinning her the line that "I've never been with a woman, but now I'm confused"!

The Quince Effect was in action last night in Marthas - will these girls never learn?!

by Matelot April 26, 2005

the dave chappelle/rick james effect

It happens whenever something funny is presented, then wholly gobbled up by the media and public, excreted into senseless dreck, and then whatever originality and humor was left in the original source of material, has been thouroughly raped into bleeding submission.

Eg; whenever someone says "I'm Rick James B*tch", or anyone makes a quote from Napoleon Dynamite. Particularly "Gosh", or something along those lines.

by Cheesebadger March 15, 2005

Quiet Guy Effect

The akward silence followed by hostility that quieter guys experience when talking to a girl. However, if a more outspoken guy says the exact same thing, it is tolerated and often respected. This occurs because of the assumption many (though not all) girls make that guys that don't talk much and keep to themselves are perverted.

Jackass: Care to hear a joke? (tells a dirty joke)

Girl: Hahahaha! That's funny. I'll have to remember that one.

Quieter Guy: (tells same dirty joke)

Girl: You perverted bastard! Is that all you ever think about? You'll never get any if you think jokes like that are funny. Go burn in hell, pervert!

Quieter Guy: Well, I'm probably not going to "get any" anytime soon anyway. God dammit, why do I always cause the Quiet Guy Effect no matter which girl I talk to?

by the dirty liberal July 14, 2009

Monkeybar Effect

When a woman holds onto her current relationship until she can secure another relationship.

Just like monkeybars, you hold onto one bar before grabbing the next. The Monkeybar Effect is the same only with a woman who will keep her man only until she finds another man of equal or superior quality.

Wow she's waiting for him to say yes before breaking up with her current guy? Monkeybar Effect much?

by John Major Citizen September 9, 2010

Russell Crowe Effect

Principally a form of Guilty Pleasure, the Russell Crowe effect describes the emotion felt when enjoying a piece of creative work by a person who you consider to be a complete twat. On the one hand you may well enjoy what the person is doing, but on the other feel a guilty twinge that you are giving your attention and money to someone you actually can't stand. This phenomenon is very similar to the Christian Bale effect, where you may enjoy the work of someone who has disappeared up their own anus, but should not be confused with the Tracy Emin effect, where the artist is clearly both unpleasant and crap.

"Have you seen Robin Hood yet?"
"No, I can't make up my mind whether to. He was good in Gladiator, but he is just such a sarcastic wanker I don't know if I can be arsed with him"
"Yes, that's the Russell Crowe effect"

by Russell Crowe Himself May 13, 2010

Basement effect

synonymous to beer goggles but for a nerd. Prolonged exposure to basement environment in front of books affecting visual perception of unattractive women.

Phillip: "daaaaamn that chick looks fucking good"
action: slap
Elvis:"get a hold of yourself, basement effect is getting to you, that girl doesn't even shave"

by E&J November 27, 2004