Minecraft Effect

When a property starts out insanely popular, but then the general consensus is that it's not popular or not cool, and then later it's insanely popular again and (usually) stays that way

"I used to really like Five Nights at Freddy's, then I hated it, now I like it again" -Luna
"Ah yes, the old Minecraft effect" -Christine

by Sharbio June 4, 2021

Elio Effect

short circuit that happens in the wiring of the brain when one first experiences a visual encounter with Elio

wow elio is so cool

well you just experienced the elio effect

by notreeal June 4, 2021

The Gaia Effect

What happens when inflation of a currency gets out of hand. The result? Everything become expensive, and the economy tanks and implodes. Named after what happened with Gaia Online and the whole "Goldemort's gold generator" situation.

Economists must know that while manageable inflation is good, hyperinflation and the Gaia effect can cause severe consequences.

by The Cyan Gentleman June 9, 2021

Matei Effect

The "Matei Effect" is a term used to describe whenever a joke or meme based on another piece of media becomes more recognised and widespread than the original media itself. Often common within the younger crowd.

The term "Matei Effect" was coined when Mike Matei's video of "Minecraft with Gadget" became an immensely popular meme which has now overshadowed the original "Inspector Gadget" show itself.

As a result, younger generations may only know of Inspector Gadget because of Mike's video and have likely never seen any other official Inspector Gadget media ever beforehand. Causing what's called the "Matei Effect".

big chungus (Bugs Bunny), garfielf (Garfield), we live in a society (Joker), Grand Dad (Flintstones) are all victims of the Matei Effect!

by Kippykip June 10, 2021

The GD Effect

whenever something popular references about something niche, that niche thing will be overridden by fans of the popular thing, this happened most in Geometry Dash where you can choose songs from Newgrounds. Usually when a level got popular the comments of the Newgrounds song would be flooded with "Anyone here from ____??"

"Many people started to flood madness combat videos because of the fnf vs tricky mod."
"That sounds like The GD Effect"
"What?"

by Mayo78 June 10, 2021

The Lockdown Effect

When you recall an event to have happened a year ago, when in actual fact it happened two years ago

“remember our trip to spain last year”
“that was two years ago, we were in lockdown last year”
“must be the lockdown effect”

by Addiscum June 13, 2021

Titanino Effect

when your perception of someone makes their actions have worse or better reactions

"your sentence is way funnier because of your profile picture"
"that's the Titanino Effect"

by MyStaump June 16, 2021