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The Nickelback Effect

Something that gets hate only because the rest of the general public hopped on that old hate train. Goes hand in hand with the Android Effect.
"Hey man you check out that new Nickelback?"
"Nah Nickelback sucks dude, screw Nickelback!"
"You ever listen to them?"
"Nope."
"Wow, you are a living and breathing example of the Nickelback Effect."
by Anyone up for Denny's? October 25, 2018
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The Huth Effect

1. The overall increase in propensity for people getting jewed.

2. The negative adjustment or convolusion of the natural randomness of an invironment.
Q: Why did I lose 23 hands of Blackjack in a row?
A: Must've been the Huth Effect.

Everyone in this area is getting overcharged, it's the Huth Effect.
by Asmodeus Corp. April 29, 2005
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Bashmore Effect

When a song or track you like has been so overplayed you begin to dislike or hate it. Also happens to the song you choose as your alarm.

Named after the producer Julio Bashmore, as his track 'Au Seve' became horrendously overplayed on Radio 1, turning love for the track into hatred.
Alex: "I really like Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' but I think it's already suffering from the Bashmore Effect"

Sam: "Yeah I hear you… Nick Grimshaw played it twice this morning when I was getting ready"
by Tedd E Bear May 13, 2013
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Twilight Effect

"Twilight Effect" is when something is given too much hype and credit. The object subject to the "Twilight Effect" is raved about to the point that the amount of praise actually reduces its credibility as well as its quality.
Person1: DUDE.
Person2: WHAT.
Person1: ONE DIRECTION, MAN.
Person2: WHAT ABOUT IT MAN.
Person1: THEY'RE TOTALLY THIS GENERATION'S BEATLES, MAN.
Person2: MAN, THAT SUCKS. I'M SORT OF DISGUSTED AT HOW PEOPLE THINK THAT. THIS REDUCES ITS CREDIBILITY AS WELL AS ITS QUALITY.
Person1: ?
Person2: MAN.
Person1: OH I GET YOU NOW MAN. TWILIGHT EFFECT, MAN.
by Elitist Bastard November 26, 2011
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McMatthews Effect

The effect of breaking up with a partner and she becomes more attractive to you and everyone else.
John's girlfriend has gotten hotter since they broke up, it must be the McMatthews Effect.
by InHeartsRape October 28, 2012
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Beowulf Effect

Referring to that creepy "almost real but not quite" look when too much 3D graphics is used to enhance movie object. This term comes from the movie Beowulf (2007) where 3D gives Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie and other actors a very creepy, nearly-real-but-still-fake appearance.
"I hate it when those movie produces use WAY too much 3D in their movies... it makes the actors look creepy."

"Like the Beowulf Effect?"

"Exactly!"
by Core2Extremist December 26, 2007
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Trunchbull Effect

A group or person who will not consider another person's opinion as valid due to their age; i.e. they are younger so their opinion is invalid.
I'm big you're little, and there is nothing you can do about it. This would be an example of the Trunchbull Effect.
by Sweet n Schaden July 9, 2015
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