When a piece of media uses a part of their past (an era, setting, etc) in order to gain more positive reactions from its fan-base through nostalgia and familiarity. This reaction stays until the novelty wears off & the fans gets tired of it.
"Billie Piper is the new Doctor Who!"
"Oh my god, when will they stop bringing back old characters? This is just The Green Hill Effect happening again!"
"Oh my god, when will they stop bringing back old characters? This is just The Green Hill Effect happening again!"
by tha_drug June 03, 2025
The internet phenomenon where the top comments of a video are all people regurgitating a niche word or phrase that no one has ever heard of which they learnt about 5 minutes ago from that same comments section, and pretending like they didn’t to appear smart.
Comment 1: That is definitely shliebenshlime syndrome
Comment 2: Shliebenshlime syndrome
Comment 3: why is no one talking about how this is clearly shliebenshlime syndrome?
Friend A: dude what is this niche condition filling these comments
Friend B: bro they’re all pretending like they didn’t learn about that like 5 minutes ago, that’s the greening effect
Comment 2: Shliebenshlime syndrome
Comment 3: why is no one talking about how this is clearly shliebenshlime syndrome?
Friend A: dude what is this niche condition filling these comments
Friend B: bro they’re all pretending like they didn’t learn about that like 5 minutes ago, that’s the greening effect
by nonfakecake July 31, 2024