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Matpat Effect

When a person reads a YouTube video title and gets convinced at first that it’s about the channel poster’s departure, only to watch the video and it’s about something else.
This was coined after Matpat leaving Game Theory, and causing some other YouTubers to leave too.
YouTube Title: The Future of the Channel…
Comment below video: Holy shit, I thought you were leaving for a second.
Reply: No, that’s just the Matpat effect calling to you.
by FREE_RENT May 4, 2024
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Davos Effect

The Davos effect refers to when two high status people walk towards each other with no idea who is higher or should get out of the other's way.

It happens in environments where there are very high status people but with no hierarchical context or idea of who the others are.

The term was coined for the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos. Because high status attendees are not allowed to bring an entourage, no one knows who is higher in status and they habitually walk into each other because everyone refuses to give way.
Those two CEOs just showed the Davos Effect, they walked directly into each other, neither knew who should get out of the other's way!
by Human Peacocking January 23, 2024
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Nastya Effect

The sudden, borderline-irrational infatuation a man develops after meeting a captivating Ukrainian woman named Nastya (short for Anastasia). Symptoms include spontaneous generosity, excessive day-dreaming, and learning random Ukrainian phrases overnight.

More broadly, any situation in which a single encounter with someone’s charm, humor, and Slavic swagger scrambles another person’s common sense.
“Dude, Fady just bought concert tickets to Kyiv after one video call with her—total Nastya Effect.”
by Dr WaterCheetah July 3, 2025
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Jizzy Effect

When a homie texts you while you're on the toilet.
- This is a good ass shit I'm takin right now
*gets a text*
- No way, the Jizzy Effect
by JizzyEffect November 23, 2021
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Baldur effect

Causing something to happen by trying to prevent it
Effect named after Baldur from Norse mythology, who was prophesied to die a needless death, which led to Freya placing all kinds of spells on him, making him invulnerable to almost everything
Because of that, other gods tried to see if he’s really invulnerable to anything
As a result Baldur was killed with a mistletoe

Conclusion: By trying to protect Baldur, Freya’s spells were the cause of Baldurs death
Uranus died due to the Baldur effect
by cFlower February 19, 2023
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damonte effect

a pipeline due to going to damonte (a very toxic, rich, and white environment) where poc change by getting used to racism (i.e. ignoring when racist traits are displayed from friends, not getting uncomfortable by racist behaviors, etc.), becoming racist themselves, or generally reflecting a personality of stereotypical white person aka whitewashed
person 1: yoo andrew just said some racist ass shit
person 2: what? no way... a couple years ago he would never let that pass
person 1: yeah he be going through the damonte effect
by 85luvr May 31, 2022
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oxford effect

when the specimen goes to a foreign land, everyone from its native land experiences a PAX ROMANA in gaming for the duration of the specimens absence.
the natives of the mother land all went to be placed Gold after this moment, and the Oxford Effect was established"
by DeportedAyyadveli March 10, 2019
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