the 2020 effect

The 2020 effect is when a certain moment in time
(in this case, a whole month) can and will go completely wrong, everything bad that can happen happens on the worst degree.

Unfortunately the 2020 effect happens at complete random, that said
there is no way of telling when it will occur.

New years: "I can't believe 2020 is finally here! i feel like this year will
be a year to remember!"
August 2020: "I just want this year to be over, we had to witness the Hong Kong protests, World War III rumors, Rona, the crash of the Stock Market, the death of Kobe Bryant, the rise of the Murder Hornet, the death of George Floyd, and so much more
"lol ever heard of the 2020 effect? wait til next month"

by Bo3_Bo3 August 1, 2020

The 2020 Effect

The instinctual feeling that it is still 2020. Shared by many members of Gen Z, who feel like past events are closer than they actually are; as if it is still 2020. Probably spurred by the pandemic and isolation, but nobody really knows where it comes from.

Most years have a satisfying ending, where after Christmas and New Years you get to reset and to on to the next year. However, COVID didn't care about the holiday season, and the defining characteristic of 2020 was carried on into the following year. In a way, it felt like 2020 never really ended.

"RIP my man Harambe"
"Dude, that meme is like 4 years old."
"I think you mean almost 8 years old."
"wait..."
"that's the 2020 effect"

by TheDimensionist November 6, 2023

The 2020 Effect

A perception that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Life for many people and corporations became dull and uneventful. Leading to people believing the years before 2020 were the most eventful and impactful. While also leading many to prefer life before the pandemic hit and the nostalgia people get from apps and memories.

"The 2020 effect really made corporations become simpler and drier."
"The 2020 effect ruined the world. I wish I could go back to the old times."

by Indubiousness July 13, 2025

The Year 2020

scuffed

Dude The Year 2020 is so scuffed right now brah.

by Zomatic June 5, 2020

the booming 1990s, the dooming 2000s

a nickname for our decade

American culture likes to divide itself into decades: the prosperous fifties, the rebellious sixties, the egoistic seventies, the greedy the eighties, the booming ninetees… Finally, the dooming
2000s

by Mikhail Epstein October 8, 2003

The year 2020

When you mess up everything and the world messes up with you but when you advance towards 2021, you realize, at least it was a year.

Eric: Aw gad my test was a catastrophe I messed up hard the whole time was the year 2020.
Ashley: Well, 2021's on the way...

by MadmanMadmaxManiac June 9, 2021

2020's (the pure 20's) (the 20's )

This is a pure and beautiful decade, with April of 2021 being a beautiful and pleasant pure month. 2020-2029 are the years in this decade, although some say 2021-2029. Either way, it is a clean and new decade to be in, unique from the decades before and after, just as any decade. 2021 is the pure year, especially spring of 2021. Currently, there is so much potential for this decade, year, next month, and this spring, as they have either just started, or not started yet at all. But unlike with others, the potential is made conscious on this site. So far, this doesn't seem to be the case with any other decade, year, month, or season. Not even in history has there ever been a "pure" decade, yet there has been the naughty 90's, the roaring 20's, etc. Even in ancient history there hasn't been such a time. Perhaps we can call it the purifying 20's.

Person: "Ah, a clean and new fresh decade to live through. A new time. Its the 2020's (the pure 20's) (the 20's )"

by bullnandi March 20, 2021