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The Wikipedia Effect

The Wikipedia Effect is the tendancy for inquisitive people to become caught in an endless series of pages on the popular open-encyclopedia, "Wikipedia", to which they are forced to read every single page they've opened.

This tends to happen thanks to Wikipedia's inter-linking model, which links important words in a particular article, to an entire article on that word. The trend can then easily cascade from there, ending in dozens of pages that a user finds interesting.
"Don't you just love The Wikipedia Effect? It sure is a good way to stave off boredom."
by ceosion December 24, 2008
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The Haysbert Effect

A new term coined by a great philosopher.

This is when someone THINKS Denzel Washington is the Black guy from All State Insurance commercials WHEN in fact he is not and the said person goes into a frenzy like state thus resulting in a statement being said such as "DUUUDE I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIM!".
Dennis Haysbert:"Are you in good hands?"

Person 1:*Stands up and spills cereal* What the HELL did Denzel Washington just try selling to me?...insurance?

Person 2:No, dude it's Dennis Haysbert!That guy from "The Unit".

Person 1:*Sits back down* Oooh!...wait...*Goes into shock*

Person 2:*Ignores friend spazzing on floor yelling* Damn, The Haysbert Effect...always making people spill cereal on my damn carpet.
by Lucielio Mitchell April 29, 2010
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Lacy Effect

The Lacy Effect is the unexplainable phenomenon of how the average person becomes extremely hot after even a mere 0.2 seconds of listening to Steve Lacy or other good artists of the sort
Person A: “Oh my god what happened to Person C, they look so good”
Person B: “I don’t know they recently started listening to Steve Lacy
Person A: “Must be the Lacy Effect”
by ur gf’s gf December 25, 2021
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Mechal Effect

A sudden shot of adrenaline while being near Mechal or her 1st born son.
Kid 1: Can you feel it?
Kid 2: Yeah I think so.
*Mechal and 1st born son walk in*
Kid 1 & 2: *get shocked and have goosebumps*
Kid 1 & 2: Its the Mechal Effect!
by Hilo37392 August 2, 2020
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Chester Effect

When you're eating hot chips and you eat one and you can't stop eating them and then the bag finishes.
I ran out of chips because the darn Chester Effect!
by thatboyced January 2, 2021
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Santiago effect

The possibiliy of someone being in two different places at the same time.
Jo calls his friend Bob's mom, Cathy. "Hey when are you coming to pick up Bob?" Said Jo. Cathy said "he is right here with me". Jo said "Oh it must be the Santiago Effect.
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