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
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1. It wasn't funny
2. It contradicts funny yet wrong posts
3. The post writer isn't as well known on the forum as other
incorrect posters.
4. Readers don't like the facts the post writer presented
These happens despite the fact the post writer's answer being verifiable as correct.
1. It wasn't funny
2. It contradicts funny yet wrong posts
3. The post writer isn't as well known on the forum as other
incorrect posters.
4. Readers don't like the facts the post writer presented
These happens despite the fact the post writer's answer being verifiable as correct.
The Langston Effect is apparent on UD in the definitions of zipperhead and dubstep amongst others. See also almost anything on yahoo answers.
by namekman September 23, 2012
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You know filip I know we have been friends for 4 years but I think I have feelings for you. Same, it must be the SSPŠ effect. (example added by Post_Scriptum)
by AKY27 November 1, 2023
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Named after the event when a certain person spoke about Nirvana too much, causing it to not be likable anymore.
Named after the event when a certain person spoke about Nirvana too much, causing it to not be likable anymore.
Person A: "I love this car so much."
Person B: "I used to like it but now I don't."
Person A: "Why not?"
Person B: "The Nirvana Effect"
Person B: "I used to like it but now I don't."
Person A: "Why not?"
Person B: "The Nirvana Effect"
by Ongu June 16, 2014
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by Caeleb December 30, 2019
Get the Bolt Effect mug.the greenlee effect is when you are around or talk to greenlee(n) you begin to become obsessed or infatuated.
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