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Trelawney effect

1. a person or organization whom makes unorthodox references, actions, implications, crazy juxtapositions, threats, looming etc. in an all out and defensive manner that resemble Professor Sybill Patricia Trelawney from J.K. Rowling Harry Potter series, when she is receiving an "performance audit"-like interrogation by Dolores Umbridge, when their usefulness is challenged.

2. a person or government bureaucracy whom commits a slippery slope or camel's nose fallacy through an exceptionally egregious manner in an effort to justify their perpetual existence.
Auditor Smith: The department I just audited is suffering from the Trelawney effect (or Sybill effect).

Auditor James: What did they do?

Auditor Smith: Told us that if we didn't leave this instant and stop disrupting them, then that the planet's core was going to mutate causing a cataclysmic and irreversible instability, our ears would sprout brain eating butterflies, every volcano on Earth would simultaneously erupt, and one out of ever forth human being would transform into a brain and blood sucking zombie/vampire.

Auditor James: What department were you auditing?

Auditor Smith: Congress.
by Dragoon91786 October 25, 2010
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The echo-effect

When you repeat yourself to make your point seem more important.
Person 1: Clean the table...the table...the table...the table...

Person 2: argh...the echo-effect
by Kelly Da Beste July 20, 2008
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The Camwhore Effect

The Camwhore Effect refers to the idea of hoarding items with intentions of using them later, even though it is never going to happen. The term derived from the countless number of camwhores to drop by 4chan every once in a while. You save all the pics of these naked amateurs, even though you are never going to look at them again.
anon1: I found 3 books in a dungeon in Skyrim. I'm just gonna place them on my bookshelf, then I will read them later
anon2: You're not gonna read them later, are you?
anon1: No...
anon2: It's the camwhore effect all over
by meqad February 9, 2014
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epidemic effect

when information becomes widespread through social media very quickly.
epidemic effect - "R.I.P. Paul Walker."-Twitter.
by The Contractor May 28, 2014
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Cartowsky Effect

When the person in reference is better than anyone else regardless of skill but has the need to belittle other people whether friend or foe.
Shit that guy is being a dick, it must be the Cartowsky Effect.
by NightmareRarity November 2, 2014
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Pussebo Effect

When you didn't get to the pussy but, you're so stoked that you feel like you did.
"I almost got it in! It felt great! "
"Yo, you're suffering from that Pussebo Effect! "
by Crazy rat January 12, 2015
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Hony Effect

The Hony Effect is when people get emotionally attached to one of the photos & captions on the Humans of New York page on facebook. Essentially everyone is a star, an artist, a musician, destitute and needs your help. Everyone will feel sympathy for whoever is in the photo because it is HONY and only because it is HONY.
"He is so talented!"
"He should have his own album!"
"I found him on youtube!"
"Oh shit... here comes the Hony Effect..."
by sarahflorie March 3, 2015
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