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The King Crimson effect

When you fall asleep and wake up in what feels like a short second
-person1 “Yo I fell asleep at like 12:00 and woke up at 6 but it went by faster than a bullet”

-person2 “Yeah that’s the King Crimson effect”
-person1 “The king-what-now effect”?

-person2 “The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure ability King Crimson can erase and skip time”
by R1p&tear January 28, 2021
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Page 3 Effect

The Page 3 Effect is the phenomenon that on any online forum large enough, almost any thread will be derailed by page 3. Occurs most often in threads about touchy subjects, both serious (politics, AIDS, etc.) to stupid (Which class is overpowered in TF2, meme's, general flaming, etc.)
"Hey man, what happened to my thread?"

"Oh, it got locked because the Page 3 Effect kicked in."
by Kookygoose May 14, 2009
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The Movie Theater Effect

A phenomena where a new business or service initially creates much excitement or popularity, followed by weeks of less business.
Person 1: Yo, do you think that the casino that just got table games is gonna be crowded the second weekend its been open?

Person 2: Na man, its the Movie Theater Effect. They were probably most crowded last weekend- this weekend they should be a lot less crowded.
by DolCheezy June 29, 2010
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The effect that a single well known intellectual property can have on determining the long term success of a platform in a launch environment.

Similar to how Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild proved that the Nintendo Switch (which at the time people that it was going to suck like the Wii U) can sell units just by the intellectual properties in their library alone.
The launching title for this new console that’s about to come out has the breath of the wild effect, I need to go buy it so that I can play that game.
by WhiteLightning January 2, 2019
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No Man's Sky Effect

The 'No Man's Sky Effect' is used to described an occurrence when someone will not pay for something until after it has been released to public.
This is to ascertain whether the product will be good before buying it.

The 'No Man's Sky Effect' is caused by the game "No Man's Sky". The developers built up the game and informed everyone of these amazing features that will be included in the game. Doing so, they earned a great lot of money through kickstarter donations etc. However upon release it turned out that the majority of these features were either lies or not everything they cracked up to be. This caused the game to become a massive disappointment to everyone who had paid a lot of money towards the game.

And now because of this many people have become afeared to buy a game before public reviews come out.
"Ah man, everyone's pre-ordering the new Far Cry game. You should get it too"
"No thanks. I'm going to wait"
"How come?"
"The No Man's Sky Effect is kicking in"
by bakersmileyface December 6, 2017
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The Aging Butterfly Effect

When a woman reaches a certain age and begins to question her beauty. In search of validation, she posts photoshopped, old, blurry or angled photos on the internet.
I feel sorry for Beyoncé. She's clearly got the aging butterfly effect because she's posting doctored photos.
by Steal Magnolya November 11, 2014
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Zombie Stoner Effect

(n) is a rare occurrence that happens whenever there is large some of people who are on a heavy dose of marijuana. When these groups of people are all drawn to one thing that provides some sort of pleasure at once, whether it be something soft to the touch or something entertaining to watch, they tend to mumble or moan, thus producing the Zombie Stoner Effect.
Man #1: Why are there so many people petting that dog?
Man #2: It's the Zombie Stoner Effect, it only takes one then the rest follow.
Man #1: That dog does look soft...Braaains!
Man #2: Oh Jeez! You have become one!
by Reptar!!! December 23, 2009
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