the basketball diary effect

When something is recommended to you repeatedly, so much so that it puts you off said thing forever.

Man, I never ended up watching that movie due to the basketball diary effect - it was recommended to me so many times, I just started rewatching Party of Five.

by martypartyparty April 26, 2021

the pool effect

Where someone is talking about a topic, and another person slowly slides their way into the conversation, but doesn't jump in fully, eventually full sending and jumping in, kind of like how some people hesitate to fully enter a pool.

I've recently learned about the pool effect, and I think it relates to me.

by The Japorean Government February 22, 2024

Doorway Effect

Whenever you walk into a room, and you don't know why you walked into that room.

I walked into a random room full of people and I forgot why I was in there and I said, "Sorry, Doorway Effect am I right?"

by backslash\\\ July 13, 2022

Dan Quayle effect

Every loser will once be a winner.

You know, it’s the Dan Quayle effect. You know, he won the second time — I mean, lost the second time, he got to run.

by RudolphTheRock December 3, 2016

Bass effect

When a person goes afk without saying anything usually mid conversation

(Named after bassassain15 on Xbox)

Person 1: hey person 2

Person 2 (Bass): …
Person 1: he bass effected

by MakoBoga March 10, 2025

Billionflappysalad Effect

When something on the internet randomly gets a lot of attention and spawns millions of copy cat trying to cash in.

Flappy bird is an excellent example of the Billionflappysalad Effect.

by The Philosopher Of Our Times August 24, 2016

Ackman Effect

when your intense public criticism of someone blows back on your spouse, causing the top 100 search results for your spouse's name to be about something bad they did

Neri Oxman is a victim of the Ackman Effect.

by Sly11010110 January 15, 2024