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.
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.
by ceosion December 24, 2008
Get the The Wikipedia Effectmug. Sending this message from an iPhone to another iPhone shuts it down.
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by Cobble June 2, 2015
Get the effective. Powermug. 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!".
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.
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
Get the The Haysbert Effectmug. 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!
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
Get the Mechal Effectmug. 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”
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
Get the Lacy Effectmug. When you give up all hope on doing something absolutely ridiculous and convoluted, you successfully do that insanely idiotic thing you were doing.
SimpleFlips: I'm never doing this trick. I'm a failure, a fraud, and a villain. There is no hope for me ever doing this in a MILLION years.
*Does it immediately afterwards*
Chat: The SimpleFlips Effect strikes again!
*Does it immediately afterwards*
Chat: The SimpleFlips Effect strikes again!
by RealBupBoy August 19, 2020
Get the The SimpleFlips Effectmug. Watching someone struggle and try to incorrectly solve / play / use a simple puzzle / game / item for so long, that you get enraged and obtain the same puzzle / game / item just to solve it, just to satisfy your need for the easier solution, which you figured out while watching the person.
"Holy crap, I was watching Northernlion play 'Baba Is You' and he just would not GET how easy it is to solve that level, so I just gave up and bought the game myself and beat it."
"Yeah dude, I almost broke my screen, screaming the answer at him, and got the game too."
"It's like The Northernlion Effect or something, it keeps happening every time I watch him play a game."
"Yeah dude, I almost broke my screen, screaming the answer at him, and got the game too."
"It's like The Northernlion Effect or something, it keeps happening every time I watch him play a game."
by McLettuceAss March 21, 2019
Get the The Northernlion Effectmug.