The Charles Effect

Named after F1 driver Charles Leclerc. Basically wearing a bandana and it making you look good.

The charles effect rubbed off on lando norris as he was pictured wearing a bandana

by bwokenoperator January 7, 2022

The Moon Effect

The Moon Effect is when your luck in video games is good or average at the start, but the more time you invest into the game and the more progress you make, the worse your luck becomes.

"Man, it started off so well, but The Moon Effect is kicking me in the nuts!"

by MoonDesire December 1, 2024

kaz effect

when a person avoidS Another person because they are intiMidated by, afraid of, and know that othEr pERson doesnt like them.

usually a girl has this effect on a guy

"he found out kaz was coming to the party so he decided not go and stay home all night instead. its the kaz effect bro"

by daydeedoo January 5, 2010

Mask effect

The effect of someone looking cuter with the mask on than with it off

“Wow Jennifer has a mask effect going on”!

by Mangolordd April 18, 2021

Precision Credibility Effect

When you include specific, unnecessary details to enhance the credibility of a story.

A: My fabricated story was so believable because I made up untrue specific details about it.
B: That's the precision credibility effect.

by Balaenoptera_musculus November 26, 2023

The Klein Effect

A subset of the Streisand Effect (trying to hide information, resulting in greater awareness of the information), the Klein Effect is when an effort to bring down a peer's career only results in elevating them to greater success, usually damaging one's own reputation in the process.

Named after Ethan Klein, a content creator who frequently tries to get his perceived enemies kicked off their platforms, only for those enemies to gain a larger following and mainstream recognition for their work, while his viewership and reputation circles the drain.

Esteban tried to get Hank fired from his job with a bunch of unsubstantiated and exaggerated rumors, but because of The Klein Effect, Hank actually got way more popular and received many new opportunities from his job, and nobody wants to work with Esteban anymore.

by daraaja August 27, 2025

Lewcatch Effect

A psychological phenomenon where a large number of people mispronounce words they grew up pronouncing. The effect was named after Tyler Lucas, a second generation Hungarian-American. His grandfather immigrated from Hungary to the United States in the early 1930s and his surname was Americanized from Lukács to Lucas.

"Hey do you like Dr. Suess?" - Kyle

"Yeah I like Dr. Suess, did you know his last name is actually pronounced SOICE?" - Alex

"You're joking right?" - Kyle

"You're as wrong as the deuce / And you shouldn't rejoice / If you're calling him Suess/ He pronounces it Soice." - Alex

"Okay, I buy it. What do you call the phenomenon where you grow up pronouncing words incorrectly?" - Kyle

"It's called the Lewcatch Effect. Named after the future 48th President of the United States." - Alex

"The future is now!" - Kyle

by RyanMcCarthy September 6, 2018