Heath Ledger is only being praised for his role as the Joker because he died before it was released, also known as the "Heath Ledger Effect."
by seth121 August 09, 2009
The angry behaviour shown by a person when he has to accept all blame and he cannot shift it to anybody else because he is in the lowest rung of hierarchy in his organization. This happens when a boss, who is to blame, shifts the blame to his junior, who, in turn, passes it to his junior and so on till the blame reaches the lowest-ranked staff, who cannot pass it to anybody else. Then he goes home and takes it out on his dog by kicking it about.
Angry at having to bear the blame for no fault of his, the peon came back home in the evening and kicked his dog repeatedly. A kick-the-dog effect, isn't it?
by uttam maharjan January 21, 2010
The observed chronological disparity seen in an object travenling to another dimension via trans-dimensional wormhole. Total time elapsed is dependant on the distance of the dimension. Typically, the further it is, the longer it takes (usually approximately 6 hours earth time to travel from one dimension to the next), although to the object traveling in the wormhole in question, no time seems to have elapsed (as one would experience traveling through a wormhole, trans-dimensional or otherwise).
by seonhalfbreed January 30, 2006
The tendency for countries that believe they are immune to fascism to be especially susceptible to its rise.
The popularity of Geert Wilders is an example of the Dunning-Hitler effect in its early stages.
Donald Trump's presidency is an example of the Dunning-Hitler effect.
Donald Trump's presidency is an example of the Dunning-Hitler effect.
by Aunt Tifa Lockhart September 22, 2017
Monmouth County, NJ group of high school boys that think they are cool, but really, it is lame to have a posse name.
by wifey March 25, 2005
"Hey, did you see that girl?"
"Which one?"
"The fake blonde."
"You mean the one suffering from the McKenzie Effect?"
"Yep."
"Which one?"
"The fake blonde."
"You mean the one suffering from the McKenzie Effect?"
"Yep."
by P. Claxton December 22, 2013
Casual techie: I just read on Digg how to run Linux from my computer's BIOS and am about to run it for the first time.
Techie: You fool. You have fallen victim to the Digg effect. I'll let Dell know your computer is on its way.
Techie: You fool. You have fallen victim to the Digg effect. I'll let Dell know your computer is on its way.
by themanderson July 07, 2006