A cognitive bias in which a subject is judged negatively as a whole based on a single and often circumstantial component. The opposite of the halo effect.
Bob: You’re going to see the new Sex and the City movie? That’s going to suck!
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
Kate: No, it isn’t. It’s just you and the pitchfork effect.
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Bob: You listen to Lady Gaga? How about listening to some real music for once?
Joe: I could care less about your taste in music; that’s just a pitchfork effect.
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Etymology: Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic picilu
1: to have an emotional meltdown online
2: to have fits of hissy
3. to not play well with others. ever.
function: descriptive phrase
Etymology: Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic picilu
1: to have an emotional meltdown online
2: to have fits of hissy
3. to not play well with others. ever.
man, did you see the 'choose one' thread? f'ga asked "salsa or cha cha?", waxie chose salsa and mojo started pitchin' a jams.
by erek February 5, 2005
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