The Rob Lowe Effect

When you notice someone notice something.
The Rob Lowe Effect: While watching a meteor shower and seeing a big meteor, I noticed Jake was looking in the same direction and made an excited expression. I noticed Jake Noticing the Meteor. i.e. I noticed someone notice something.
by FunGuy Funk July 14, 2022
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The phenomenon where people take urban dictionary words seriously, when in reality, anyone can put anything on this site.
"Woah, I didn't know that word meant something so weird."
"Chillll Erica, your falling for the Urban Dictionary Effect."
by Treble1125 November 16, 2016
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Matthew-Lingering-Effect

When one remembers a romantic encounter where they were told something nice. One will continue thinking about this encounter whenever given the opportunity. AKA it lingers in one’s heart.

This term was coined by the official rizz god, Matthew A. M.
“OMG, Brittney, I can’t stop thinking about him!”
“Yup, that’s the Matthew-Lingering-Effect for you…”
by willywonkasmom December 20, 2022
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Matt Smith Effect

When one finds themselves completely infatuated with any character played by Matt Smith, no matter how evil or manipulative said character is. Confusion plays a big role in this phenomena as overwhelming feelings of lust are met with strong twinges of guilt. See also the concept of “uglyhot” and the power of unconventional attractiveness.
“Why am I so unbelievably attracted to Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown?

“Don’t worry - you’re not actually attracted to the late Duke of Edinburgh - you’re just experiencing the Matt Smith Effect.”
by Late Night Thoughts September 12, 2022
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Scooby Doo Effect

When you can tell which objects in an animated film or video game are supposed to be picked up or manipulated by a character because they "pop out" from the rest of the scene. The effect is achieved by: (a.) making the stand-out object brighter,

(b.) making it a different shade of color than similar surrounding objects, or (c.) in the case of video games, making the object shiny or pulsing with light (intentional scooby doo effect).

The original effect was an unintended side-effect of cel animation. Animators would use the same slides over and over for static backgrounds and place the animation slides over them (e.g. the same picture of a room will be used for several hundred frames because the room never moves, but the characters have to be redrawn each frame with new slides).

The inconsistency of color and brightness between the new painted slides and the original background slide causes the animated object to stand out from the background. The Scooby Doo cartoon was a particularly noteworthy example of this effect in practice.
(playing a video game) "There's some major scooby doo effect on that door. I'm pretty sure you can open it."
by Boondiggle August 14, 2020
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Keith Lee Effect

When Keith Lee (tiktoker) reviews either small restaurants or huge corporation(s) food and (if positive) results in a massive increase in sales of the restaurant
Person 1: Hey, did you see that restaurant get the Keith Lee Effect?

Person 2: Yeah, dude we should check it out!
by N0mania April 2, 2023
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The Lost Puppy Effect

A type of attitude, behavior or personality exhibited in somewhat attractive men and women that causes them to come across as sad, lonely and weak. In some way or another, these people find relationships in which their lover finds their behavior cute or charming.

Often times, these relationships are short-lived due to the partner of the lost puppy realizing their lover is a total pussy.

As well as this, victims of the lost puppy effect are often unaware that they come across like this.
Michael got into another relationship! How?

Don't worry bro, it'll be over in a month.

How do you know?

Michael suffers from The Lost Puppy Effect.

Don't be like Michael.
by ThatGuyMichael June 18, 2022
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