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 you drink till you drop, but you don’t drop because you’re zooted off uppers, so you just drink and drink and drink, and possibly die, and drink, and then go missing for an hour, and drink,
“If you’re planning to blow through a whole bottle of Bacardi and an 8ball, invite more than 2 people so you don’t die from the fourloko effect”
“Adderal is not a party drug. Trust me, I got alcohol poisoning from the fourloko effect.”
“Adderal is not a party drug. Trust me, I got alcohol poisoning from the fourloko effect.”
by Lydchovie March 6, 2021
Get the The fourloko 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. You tell someone that a piece of code is not working and then it just starts working. The Sohl-effect.
by mosr October 26, 2012
Get the Sohl-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. 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. Amogus Effect is when you see something online you hate, like Amogus memes, and they start spreading everywhere, and people won't stop saying it, and it keeps spreading and you start going insane, at one point yelling "MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP", but then you lose all your sanity, and you laugh uncontrollably when you see those memes you hate. You embrace the meme, the meme controls you now.
Person 1: Bro wtf happened to you? You laugh like a maniac when you see among us memes
Person 2: The Amogus Effect consumed me. Amogus.
Person 2: The Amogus Effect consumed me. Amogus.
by SireRire April 27, 2021
Get the Amogus Effectmug.