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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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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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Macbook Effect

The effect on a picture taken with a macbook computer, causing girls to look way better than they actually do.
Me: Damn dude, check out this girl's default, she looks super good!

josh: Look at that macbook effect! she definitely doesn't look this good in her other pictures or in person..dirty whore
by RossThompson666 March 19, 2011
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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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The Scorsese Effect

Named after filmmaker Martin Scorsese, the "Scorsese Effect" is when a work of art is created to negatively portray a character or group of people, but unintentionally inspires fans to try and imitate them. Usually these people misunderstand the point of the film and think the message was to try and be like the protagonist. Many of Scorsese's movies are centered around characters like these, such as "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Taxi Driver," and "Goodfellas".

Other examples include "Fight Club," "Breaking Bad," "The Sopranos," and the Joker.
Guy 1: Doesn't Mark understand the point of Fight Club was to show what can happen when men try to compartmentalize their anger and aggression into physical violence?

Guy 2: Yeah, it's the Scorsese Effect at work.

Mark: We live in a society.
by sportello77 October 6, 2018
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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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