Christmas Gift Effect

When you get a gift for Christmas you may or may not have asked for, and use that gift for a week following Christmas. Then not ever use that gift following that week.

“I got a this cool wooden puzzle from my grandparents, but only played with it for a week. Christmas Gift Effect.*

by thehappycaucasian November 27, 2021

the Reese Witherspoon effect

when a famous person possesses so much pure, wholesome, almost maternal/paternal energy that it becomes impossible to sexualize them or truly find them hot no matter how good-looking they are

"i wish i could think this person is hot, but they've got the reese witherspoon effect"

by vanookirby May 19, 2020

Dunning-Krovid Effect

A subset of the Dunning-Kruger Effect which causes stupid people to deny medical science and potentially harm themselves and others during the COVID pandemic.

Him: Did you see the owner of that store in Alabama is denying entry to people wearing COVID masks?
Her: She’s suffering from the Dunning-Krovid Effect.

by stuartc1 May 23, 2020

The Double-Ismail Effect

The effect that occurs when two people named Ismail convince you of something, or convince you to do something as long as it doesn't break the law. There is a 99.8% chance that Ismail and Ismail will successfully convince the subject. There are only a handful of recorded unsuccessful cases, though many say they are false reports.

Example 1:
Person 1: Wow I can't believe Ismail S. and Ismail H. convinced me to go camping at Joshua Tree, I hate the outdoors!

Person 2: They call that the Double-Ismail Effect

Example 2:

Someone get me two Ismails, this situation calls for The Double-Ismail Effect.

by wohoitsame March 22, 2020

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

Luke Murphy Effect

The "Luke Murphy Effect", is simply overstating and/or overusing a word, persons name, or saying, repetitively to the point it becomes stale.

Would you stop talking about Kanye West, you're using the Luke Murphy Effect.

by AnchorUp October 6, 2020

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