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
Get the kick-the-dog effectmug. 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 29, 2017
Get the Dunning-Hitler effectmug. 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
Get the white boys in effectmug. The Spice Girl Effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a male sees a group of young females and perceives them to be attractive, when they are not. Upon closer examination of each female, the male can realize the truth of the situation.
1. John was very intimidated as he was walking towards the five girls until he realized he had become a victim of the Spice Girl Effect.
2. I just got Spice Girled!
2. I just got Spice Girled!
by Rat Fink February 20, 2009
Get the Spice Girl Effectmug. "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
Get the McKenzie Effectmug. 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 September 5, 2008
Get the digg effectmug. N. The sudden craving of a certain thing, esp. types of food or drink, as a result of a seemingly random mention of it in the affected person's range of hearing.
Named after several songs that mention cherry cola.
See Also: populyrical.
Named after several songs that mention cherry cola.
See Also: populyrical.
After hearing the word "wasabi" in the song "One Week," by Barenaked Ladies, Andrew suddenly desired sushi above all else, even though it wasn't particularly a favorite food of his. He wisely attributed the craving to the cherry cola effect.
by TerraForce October 22, 2006
Get the cherry cola effectmug.