2020 Effect

A societal wide misperception of time due to a shared experience of isolation

“Dude why does 2017 feel so close still?”
“That’s the 2020 Effect for you.”

by ari.07.official October 13, 2023

Suisei Effect

When a fictional character's design doesn't have any sexual elements but people are still aroused by them.

"Man, Stelle from Honkai Star Raili is so hot"

"Yeah, kinda like Suisei from Hololive, it's the suisei effect"

by Yics June 25, 2023

spatter effect

The unpleasant ricocheting of piss that often results from peeing in a urinal.

"Dude why are my pants all damp around my knees?"
"These urinals must cause a terrible spatter effect."

by iCoinedThat1199 December 12, 2009

Marton effect

Filmmaking term for forgetting to turn on the 35mm depth-of-field adapter. This makes the image very grainy and mushy. A videographer's nightmare.

Did you forget to turn on the P+S Technik Pro35 adapter? It's the Marton effect!

by njnesse July 3, 2011

Pepe Effect

When a word/phrase/symbol/meme etc. is wrongly labeled by mass media, and then becomes that thing due to the attention i.e. Pepe becoming white nationalist symbol after media calling it such and then white nationalist picking it up as an actual symbol.

Bro! Don’t do the ok sign, that’s a white nationalist symbol!

Relax man, it’s judt a victim of the Pepe effect!

by Bennetthdjaosbbrosns March 17, 2019

Undertale effect

A process in which an indie project (either show or game) grows so big to the point where people start hating it due to how big it is.

“It has barely been a week and Digital Circus is already suffering from the Undertale effect!”

by Redsparrow09 October 21, 2023

The Bev effect

The Bev effect is a phenomenon that occurs when one person makes edgy jokes. And soon after everyone around them follows

Did Steve just make that homopobic joke?

Yeah, he’s got the Bev effect

by Cherryslusheelover May 9, 2023