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The Winkleman Effect

/ðə ˈwɪŋklmæn ɪˈfɛkt/
noun.
Also known as the Robbie-Mackey Effect. The misplaced belief that two or more unrelated celebrities are the same person based on the fact they have shared physical characteristics or near identical appearance. Named after British TV presenters Claudia Winkleman, Anna Richardson and Davina McCall for having the same dark brown bob haircut and getting mistaken for each other.
Person A: Jaime Pressly, Samara Weaving, Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey all lookalike! I thought they were one really talented and busy person!
Person B: Nah, it’s just the Winkleman Effect.
by JOgunz November 22, 2022
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The peashooter effect

The phenomenon that happens in FPS games where you'll be killing enemies, but then when you get to one of the enemies your gun starts feeling like your shooting peas while your enemies gun does enough damage to kill you in what looks like 2-3 shots.
Yo I was grinding my 3 kills without dying camos last night and when I got to my 3rd kill my gun felt like a peashooter while my enemies gun hit like a .50 cal. I think they call it the peashooter effect.
by Bannerlem0n November 22, 2022
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Ava Effect

The strange daze is placed over you when your fellow manipulator Ava places accusations on you. This then makes a general atmosphere fairly awkward after she departs. She keeps the entire room alive.
Omg Ava told me you wanted to fuck your BSF.

I NEVER SAID THAT. She must have been pulling the Ava Effect right over your head.
by Hackergirlzz November 28, 2022
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The Charles effect

The Charles effect is named after Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 driver. It is used to describe when other F1 drivers wear a bandana as a headband and look mighty fine.
The Charles effect makes Lando looks incredibly attractive!
by sssaaarrrxxx January 9, 2022
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The Wallen Effect

The exact opposite of being cancelled. Where one says something out of pocket and instead of being cancelled and shunned, blows up and becomes well liked.
Guy: Dude did you hear Morgan Wallen made a song with lil durk after saying a racial slur?

Me: Yeah dude that’s The Wallen Effect.
by Lostmydamnphone January 19, 2022
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The Jorge Effect

When a Lost Media Youtuber talks about a piece of lost media, and it’s found within a short timeframe.
john_doe27 talked about that commercial a week ago and now it’s been found, another case of the Jorge Effect
by money05mayhem September 21, 2022
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The Orlando Effect

To feminize someone.

To make someone worthy of being ostracised from society
NPC 1: Hey did you remember Jeff?

NPC 2: Yeah there’s something weird with him now though.

NPC 1: Pretty sure it was The Orlando Effect
by MRG1EUW September 30, 2022
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