pho-effect

When you’re sick with a sinus infection and eat spicy pho to clear your sinuses. As a result of your spicy-ass pho, you feel better and your face stops trying to drain all the time.

Lorraine: I’m gonna eat this pho so I can have the “pho-effect”.

John: Careful, it doesn’t last long and then your back to feeling like garbage.

Lorraine: It’s worth it

by Princess Lorraine September 27, 2018

quarantine effect

The effect that affects 9/10 people. It's when people are easily attracted to others after not interacting with others of the opposite sex for a long time.

Jimmy realized after 2 weeks of dating that he didn't really like Bianca but it was the rather the effects of the quarantine effect

by jimmynolikebianca August 8, 2020

The LK-99 Effect

In July 2023 a copper and lead based supposed room temperature super-conductor, a material that could revolutionize technology, was proposed by a Korean laboratory, and this lead to a scramble of informal publications by authors from that laboratory trying to claim the work and some quitting their jobs. LK-99 was a dud. This process of prominent scientists losing their sh*t over something which most others in their field believe isn't true while the public is riding the hype train is referred to in some circles as "The LK-99 Effect".

The rumor is that Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI because of his believes about a artificial general intelligence. This is a clear example of the LK-99 Effect

by DentedPillow November 27, 2023

Rockstar Effect

When the public consciousness recognizes or makes references to a retired brand or object, despite being removed.

Seeing the new design for Chuck E. Cheese is unreal, I don’t even remember seeing this version. I’m so used to the 2000’s design. Must be the Rockstar Effect.

by AntiqueAncestry May 26, 2025

The Clark Effect

When playing on Clark's account for the first time, you will always lose your first few games, no matter how well you perform.

Dang, even though Clark's account is 1600sr and I'm 3500sr, I still played like trash and lost my first 3 games. It must be the Clark Effect.

by BennyBunnyBoo July 11, 2019

Pisani-Reade Effect

When someone or a group of people lie and make false accusations for serious crimes, including rape, pedophilia, etc in order to hide the fact that they're either doing something just as bad if not worse than the person they're accusing or trying to con people that support them in a mega grifting scheme. People that participate in such activities will also harass, guilt trip and back stab other people behind their backs while pretending to care about said person to their face. They also have a large victimization complex where they pretend that they're the victims when they get caught

Did you hear about those people that were lying and falsely accusing that kid of being a creep because of something super arbitrary and stupid?
Oh great did the Pisani-Reade effect hit the fandom?

by astie January 4, 2021

The Woon effect

When a person who buys a stock and it goes down, or sells a stock and it goes up.

I’ve purchased a stock so the Woon Effect means the price will tank.

I’ve sold a stock so the Woon Effect means it will shoot up

by RPhil June 25, 2025