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Postlewait Effect

Pronuciation: \'Póst-'til-'wāt\ - /əˈfekt/

Abbreviation: PE

The Postlewait Effect is an economic term for an unexplainable and dramatic shift from financial bliss to utter failure.

A phenomenon that has left multiple professionals flabbergasted at the unprecedented financial shift from growth to falling off of a cliff.

A major component of the Postlewait Effect is building up ones hope thinking that the decision/investment/choice is correct and a great move, before complete devastation.

The double Postlewait although very rare is when a decision/investment/choice is correct and a great move, before crashing but immediately rebounds to give one even greater hope than the first time to just collapse even more dramatically than the initial Postlewait Effect.
I was making a ton of money investing in a Mexican copper mine when all of a sudden the Postlewait Effect took place and the mine magically disappeared and I lost it all.
by Senator Schneids September 27, 2019
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The Nano Effect

You will not receive your shipment on time and it will be delayed.
Person 1: Oh shit, my Random Access Memory is delayed again... :(
Person 2: Don't worry, it's The Nano Effect.
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The Velcro Effect

When a guy gets excited & precums enough for his penis to stick to his underwear. It makes the sound of velcro when trying to pull it off.
My fascination about a hot chick gives me the Velcro Effect.
by Lilbutter1310 January 15, 2020
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The Burger Effect

The Burger Effect

The thought or consideration of wanting to revamp your character/OC instead of simply developing them.
Person 1: “Fuck it bruh, I’m remaking this dude from the ground up.
Person 2: “That’s the Burger Effect for ya.”
by th1sdj November 22, 2020
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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
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Rogonamas effect

When you get so high that you start laughing like seth Rogen
Rogonamas effect is funny
by Simpvilage17 May 19, 2020
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The Jodi effect

When a bitch pretends to be your friend and turns out to be a rat
(friend) she’s such an asshole

(Me) ahh, that must be the Jodi effect!
by That bïtch August 26, 2020
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