The phenomenon experienced on the road when someone decides to slow down their car to look at something of interest on the side of the road. This causes that area of the road to slow down for the following hours. This leads to cars, collectively, mimicking a caterpillar walking.
The phenomenon is easily observed on highways.
The phenomenon is easily observed on highways.
MAN! Some jerk decided to stop and look at one of the millions of car crashes a day and it's making everyone feel the Caterpillar Effect for the next hour!
by Arren69 September 23, 2012
Get the The Caterpillar Effectmug. When youre unrecognizable without your glasses- undetermined facial features undetermined and ultimately 'unknown' only because you don't have your glasses on.
;Clark Kent was unrecognizable UNLESS he took his glasses off, only then did everyone know he was superman.
;Clark Kent was unrecognizable UNLESS he took his glasses off, only then did everyone know he was superman.
"My laptop's face id can't recognize me unless I take off my glasses..its like the superman effect".
by Nance_2.0 December 2, 2017
Get the superman effectmug. When a sequel gets so much hype and publicity the majority of newcomers to the series are casual fans who know nothing of the past games/movies in the series.
So when is Skyrim 2 coming out?
Skyrim is actually part five in the series excluding the additional games. Take it you never heard of Oblivion either. Classic example of the Skyrim Effect.
Skyrim is actually part five in the series excluding the additional games. Take it you never heard of Oblivion either. Classic example of the Skyrim Effect.
by MurderMitten June 20, 2016
Get the Skyrim Effectmug. The principle that, in fiction, the strongest member of the cast gets utterly wailed on in order to establish just how powerful the villain of the week is. Differs from the Red Shirt in that the Red Shirt isn't given any characterization beyond his/her name, while the Worf is a properly developed character. Named after Worf in Star Trek, wherein he kept getting trashed by the bad guys.
Yo, did you see that new show?
Yeah! That tough guy wound up getting curb stomped.
Worf effect, no doubt.
Yeah! That tough guy wound up getting curb stomped.
Worf effect, no doubt.
by Intelligence001 August 22, 2019
Get the worf effectmug. When a Fuckboy *cough* *cough Christian Robert Grabinski uses his Un-flattering ways to make the girl he "loves" fall head over heels for him. When he has succeeded he waits 1or2 weeks them BAM! Hits them like and nail and moves to the next girl or species yes he might be homosexual
by Kyse101 July 28, 2016
Get the Grub Effectmug. by nasty hoe April 1, 2020
Get the Slut Effectmug. The Lawrence Effect states that anyone named Lawrence, or affiliated names such as Larry, Lorenzo, Laurens, etc., will cause any person to instantly begin to like them. This relationship does not need to be a sexual one and disregards the amount of time known. This bond grows stronger over time.
Guy 1: Man I can't believe Lawrence just met that girl and she's all over him.
Guy 2: Yeah man it's The Lawrence Effect.
Guy 2: Yeah man it's The Lawrence Effect.
by RiceSun November 19, 2019
Get the The Lawrence Effectmug.