Entering an app with the intent of completing a task only to be distracted by the in-app notification. You then leave the app only to return again to try and accomplish your original task.
I went on Twitter to send a DM but I fell victim to the notification effect when I saw that little counter. Only once I closed the app did I remember what I originally needed to do.
by EdDaWord November 15, 2021
What results from overblown wannabe Tony Starks like Elon Musk managing to convince people that our level of technology is far more advanced than it actually is, like the movie franchise always does. Originally from Adam Something's YouTube "Why a Mars Colony is a Dangerous and Stupid Idea".
Those enthralled by the idea of a one-way trip to some Mars Colony in the near future are just deluding themselves with The Marvel Effect.
by red phillips December 24, 2022
by Deaddy7 November 08, 2020
When a person named lindsey comes into your life and some how makes you think about her all the time to the point she has imprinted into your life then she later leaves you making your life even worse.
Darla: Ugh this class hasn't been the same after Lindsey its gotten even worse in here
Roxanne: Ong the Lindsey effect
Roxanne: Ong the Lindsey effect
by Roxannehy08 February 08, 2023
Revival or increase in popularity of an obscure or an older game after It's been streamed by popular twitch streamers.
DUDE! Among Us came out back in 2018 and people think its new, Even though it's not.
"Lol yeah, It's because of the Twitch effect"
"Lol yeah, It's because of the Twitch effect"
by Nzeck September 17, 2020
When you gym for 1 day up to 5 days & think you're hot shit. But you're still a weak, degenerate fuckling and can't amass to anything worthwhile. But have the need to dick-ride on your peers. Someone that likes to talk a lot of shit to portray how full of shit they are. At the end of the day, it's all talk & NOTHING to show for it.
by Uzi October 23, 2022
When a group of people are faced with a row of seats or something similar, those people will tend to sit in every other seat so as not to be creepy to the other people
Comes from the unspoken etiquette of men’s bathrooms that states that they can never use a urinal next to one that another man is using.
Comes from the unspoken etiquette of men’s bathrooms that states that they can never use a urinal next to one that another man is using.
“I can’t sit down in any of these seats or I’ll be creepy! I’ve fallen victim to the Urinal Effect!”
by The Ginger Snap no. 2 May 04, 2018