When any part of the body appears to take on the characteristics of rubber, usually resulting from an impact.
Gustav: Wow dude, you slammed your leg pretty hard. I thought you broke it!
Bartholomew: Yeah, I know. If you watch the video in slow motion, you can see my leg take the Gumby Effect.
Bartholomew: Yeah, I know. If you watch the video in slow motion, you can see my leg take the Gumby Effect.
by ThePrajekt January 27, 2010
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That scene with the ferrets and the bounce house was really funny, but I had to back it up and watch it again because I wasn't sure if it was the clip or the Dorito effect.
by Alfetta159 November 7, 2010
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<person 1> "I really need to pee"
<person 2> "Damn, now I need to too"
<person 3> "Thus the Shanza effect is set in motion, I have to pee too"
<person 2> "Damn, now I need to too"
<person 3> "Thus the Shanza effect is set in motion, I have to pee too"
by Michelle McCullar October 25, 2005
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by Edward Cafeto April 27, 2006
Get the Shampoo Effect mug.When one survives an experience that should have killed him, only to injure himself in a mundane fashion immediately afterwords.
After Todd survived being hit by a car, he tripped and fell on his untied shoelaces and broke his arm, a victim of The Todd Effect
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Refers to the sudden rush or onset of a state of intoxication that occurs after the user enters a warm climate after consuming Marijuana out in the cold.
Usually associated with the consumption of Marijuana or Marijuana derivative.
Unknown origin, but assumed to be coined in Ontario, Canada around 1988.
It draws on the idea that a sudden rush or onset of extreme intoxication (really high) is like being hit by an atomic bomb.
Refers to the sudden rush or onset of a state of intoxication that occurs after the user enters a warm climate after consuming Marijuana out in the cold.
Usually associated with the consumption of Marijuana or Marijuana derivative.
Unknown origin, but assumed to be coined in Ontario, Canada around 1988.
It draws on the idea that a sudden rush or onset of extreme intoxication (really high) is like being hit by an atomic bomb.
Smoking a joint in the parking lot of a nightclub in weather below -5C, gives you a little buzz. However, when you go inside to a very warm dance floor you suddenly realize how incredibly stoned you are.
This is the Hiroshima effect.
This is the Hiroshima effect.
by Saunderbomb December 14, 2008
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My friends tell me my social sensibilities have decreased upon moving in with my roommate. #TheWilliamsEffect
I thought I was immune to the Williams Effect until I found myself discussing MMA and WWE wrestling after a few short weeks of hanging with Alex.
I thought I was immune to the Williams Effect until I found myself discussing MMA and WWE wrestling after a few short weeks of hanging with Alex.
by SheldonMCohen February 8, 2013
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