the deerux effect

Term is used for people that you get slightest contact with them (even by looking at them) can cause you to develop brain damages.
Be careful around him I think he has the deerux effect.
by Kemtza September 10, 2020
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riggio effect

When someone claims something, but they have no evidence to back it up, or come up with fake or disproved information.
"The earth is flat!"

"Do you have any proof?"
"Shut up!"
"What you're doing right now is the riggio effect."
by Nathan's Username October 18, 2019
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Wheatley Effect

The Wheatley Effect is a behaviour in which a person takes over a successful brand/ company/ rights of media, and ruin it with almost every change they do by choosing stupid decisions
Person 1: "Elon Musk changed that Twitter accounts that don't pay for a monthly subscription will temporarily be restricted to reading 600 posts per day"
Person 2: "that's some kind of Wheatley Effect bullshit"

Person 1: "Elon Musk chose to rebrand Twitter.com into X.com"
Person 2: "wow, the Wheatley Effect must really take place here"

David Zaslav, new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery following the merger, cancelling Batgirl, a nearly completed feature film, for tax reasons; and continuing to release 2023's The Flash, only for it to disastrously bomb at the box office is an example of the Whealtey Effect
by Nova_Wostra July 24, 2023
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Dishwasher Effect

When a task you enjoyed doing by yourself previously becomes less fun when you're told to do it.

Like when you decide to be a good person and do the dishes, and then your parents ask you to do the dishes. You then no longer want to do the dishes.
You: "I was going to clean my room because I wanted to, but then my mom yelled at me to clean my room. Now I don't feel like cleaning it"

Friend: "Man that's the dishwasher effect."
by JimsGT October 22, 2020
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Goldberg Effect

When a company intentionally invents new "schools of thought" with profit as the major incentive.
"Oh damn, those narcotics companies totally invented grammar to force more people into abuse! That's a classic Goldberg Effect!"
by Lil Giffel January 11, 2022
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Petronella Effect

The sudden and unexplained urge for a business owner to resist properly paying his/her/ze’s employees.
“WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT YOU ARE JACK! WHERE’S MY MONEY? ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM THE PETRONELLA EFFECT OR SOMETHING?
by MikeTrout69 June 02, 2019
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