When an Algerian president is clearly too sick to show up in public, but every talking head on TV suddenly becomes a medical expert insisting he’s the picture of health and leadership. Basically, a synchronized national boot-licking exercise to keep their cushy jobs.
"Hey, where’s Tebboune? Didn’t he vanish after that El-Harrach mess? Heard he’s chilling in a German hospital."
"Classic Bouteflika Effect—nothing says ‘fit to rule’ like vanishing during a national disaster, gotta love it!"
"Classic Bouteflika Effect—nothing says ‘fit to rule’ like vanishing during a national disaster, gotta love it!"
by Lynda_Joy August 29, 2025
Get the Bouteflika Effectmug. When you do really well at something in practice (like beating top players in Super Smash Bros. Melee), but fail to do it when it matters the most (like when you finally fight that top player in bracket)
Meleegamer123: "I beat Hungrybox on slippi! I'm so good at melee"
Meleegamer456: "No you aren't dude, that's just The Hbox Effect"
Meleegamer456: "No you aren't dude, that's just The Hbox Effect"
by Existance494 February 19, 2024
Get the The Hbox Effectmug. In psychology, the Zeigarnik effect (named after Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik) postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to demonstrate the general presence of Gestalt phenomena: not just appearing as perceptual effects, but also present in cognition.
The Zeigarnik effect should not be confused with the Ovsiankina effect, an urge to complete tasks previously initiated. Maria Ovsiankina, a colleague of Zeigarnik, investigated the effect of task interruption on the tendency to resume the task at the next opportunity.
The Zeigarnik effect should not be confused with the Ovsiankina effect, an urge to complete tasks previously initiated. Maria Ovsiankina, a colleague of Zeigarnik, investigated the effect of task interruption on the tendency to resume the task at the next opportunity.
I can't stop thinking about that unfinished novel; it's like the Zeigarnik effect is haunting me, making it impossible to focus on anything else until I get back to it.
by Emotional Cruiser November 4, 2025
Get the Zeigarnik effectmug. "Oh wow they're obsessed.. must be the misto effect."
"So true girl, hope they get well soon.. what a pity."
"So true girl, hope they get well soon.. what a pity."
by raqiya November 30, 2023
Get the the misto effectmug. When you or someone you know is from a universe with differences so vast that it is no longer a Mandela effect,
As you talk you find that more than just a few things are different from what they or you remember
As you talk you find that more than just a few things are different from what they or you remember
Damn bruv got the poisy effect, first twilight is a fanfiction of FoG, then notch admitted to putting herobrine into minecraft
by Cryodon November 24, 2023
Get the the poisy effectmug. When you confidently talk about a certain scenario going a positive way but it ends up going the exact opposite way you wanted it to,
Commonly seen happening to Alex.
Commonly seen happening to Alex.
Person 1: Bro I'm about to cook them
*Person 1 gets cooked*
Person 2: Dude you totally just Alex Effected yourself
*Person 1 gets cooked*
Person 2: Dude you totally just Alex Effected yourself
by M1T December 2, 2024
Get the Alex Effectmug. To have the urge to pee on someone younger than you, mostly aimed towards the face and mouth area of the child.
A: God I really wanted to pee on Trish's face when we hung out at her house.
B: The freshman? I think you have the R.Kelly effect man.
B: The freshman? I think you have the R.Kelly effect man.
by rkelly4life November 5, 2019
Get the R.Kelly Effectmug.