the toradora effect

When you know exactly what is going to happen in a TV show/movie, but you get emotional about it anyways.

Person A: "I knew from the beginning that Taiga and Ryuuji get together at the end of 'Toradora', but I cried all the same."
Person B: "You just experienced the Toradora effect."

by The Astral King May 14, 2018

YouTube Effect

The phenomenon in which one navigates to a single video hosted on Youtube (either by URL from email, friend, forum post, by searching, or otherwise) and find yourself clicking on related videos until you wake up hours later to find yourself watching Chocolate Rain for the umpteenth time or enjoying the musical stylings of Rick Astley.

The YouTube Effect can apply to any other video, image, music, etc. site that shows related files or pages on whatever page you are viewing.

Shit, I told myself I'd only watch that ONE Lady Gaga video on YouTube, but before I knew it, it was 3 AM and I was watching mindless crap like fat ladies yelling at skater kids. Damn YouTube Effect...

by WerriamMebster February 2, 2010

butterfly effect

The scientific theory that a single occurence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever.

1. A man travelled back in time to prehistoric ages and stepped on a butterfly, and the universe was entirely different when he got back.

2. The flap of a butterfly's wings changed the air around it so much that a tornado broke out two continents away.

by Jonah Rowley November 6, 2004

Hammaconda Effect

When a male's junk is highlighted by his pants, either purposely or without intention. It often happens when a dude is particularly well endowed and/or is wearing a slimmer cut pant that accentuates the crotchal region. Similar to a pants tent but not an illusion and not necessarily indicative of excitement.

Lance was an average dude but his new jeans had a Hammaconda Effect, making him look particularly well endowed.

by Zstreich April 3, 2013

Gore Effect

The phenomenon that leads to unseasonably cold temperatures, driving rain, hail, or snow whenever Al Gore visits an area to discuss global warming. Hence, the Gore Effect.

- Australia, November 2006: Al Gore is visiting two weeks before summer begins. The Gore Effect strikes: "Ski resort operators gazed at the snow in amazement. Parents took children out of school and headed for the mountains. Cricketers scurried amid bullets of hail as Melburnians traded lunchtime tales of the incredible cold." (The Age)

- New York, March 2004: "Gore chose January 15, 2004, one of the coldest days in New York City's history, to rail against the Bush administration and global warming skeptics... Global warming, Gore told a startled audience, is causing record cold temperatures." (NY Environment News)

by Bill Calvin November 15, 2006

lynx effect

When thousands of women in bikinis chase a guy and the guy is more scared than aroused.

The lynx effect happened when a man sprayed himself with Axe and all the girls started to chase him.

by wilsony June 25, 2006

droste effect

The droste effect is the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear. And while the appearance may be recursive, the smaller version contains an even smaller version of the picture, and so on. Only in theory could this go on forever, as fractals can sometimes do; practically, it continues only as long as the resolution of the picture allows, which is relatively short, since each iteration geometrically reduces the picture's size.

This sentence says, "This sentence says, "This sentence says, "This sentence says, "..."""" - (example of the droste effect )

by yyuryyubicuryy4me July 11, 2018