Serenity Effect

Finishing a TV Series and thinking to yourself, "I'm really going to miss these guys," as if the characters are now friends or family.

Man, I just finished all 14 episodes of Firefly. The Serenity Effect is hitting me hard.

by Fetushead September 11, 2013

cafcebo effect

The phenomenon by which decaf can actually keep you awake, but only if you don't know it's decaf.

The cafcebo effect is a medical mystery.

by George McBob May 17, 2009

The Dislike Effect

The term used to describe the fact that if a video online is popular enough, and there is a dislike button available, there will always be someone to dislike it.

A: Why does PewDiePie have dislikes?
B: It's The Dislike Effect.

by AtlanticComputer September 30, 2020

Porter Effect

A natural phenomenon where if one parent is ugly, all the children will be beautiful. Occurs in about 1 in 1,000 cases.

Some models are results of the Porter Effect.

by jhfqweoijiower December 12, 2013

Delaware effect

The effect of a sudden, greater appreciation for your home state after visiting a place that is much shittier than where you grew up.

The following excerpt from the Broadway musical "Why Delaware Sucks" will give full meaning and understanding to the "Delaware effect."
Jack: "How was your trip, Brad?"
Brad: "I'm so excited to go back to my house in the sewers after having been to Delaware, the shittiest place in ALL OF AMERICA!"

by farriswheel May 11, 2014

Spotlight effect

The spotlight effect is the phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

The reason for the spotlight effect is the innate tendency to forget that although one is the center of one's own world, one is not the center of everyone else's

by Jeboisdulait May 13, 2020

Cause and Effect

Someone does something shitty and it effects other people

____dared____to date _____ causing _____\to be done with everyone and go to a different school causing her best friends ____,____, and ______ to cry themselves to sleep (cause and effect)

by Akcjajhdid sad jej October 23, 2019