The Lukez Effect

Referred to as when an overly aggressive ADC player in League of Legends changes a passive support player so much that he/she can never go back to their old playstyle again.
Lukez is famously an overly aggressive Draven main in League of Legends that traumatizes his supports by forcing them to follow up on his coke plays.

I can't stand passive adc's anymore, they never go in when the opportunity arises and it's really tilting. I think I might be suffering from the Lukez effect.

by eyalukez May 11, 2020

The Queen Effect

This phenomenon is when a girl gets broken up with, so all of her friends start to think they’re “queens” who are too good for men.

Dude 1: “dude, that girl just insulted me and I barely talked to her!”

Dude 2: “get BFF just got broken up with. The Queen Effect has gotten to her.”

by TheStelthySaga February 9, 2021

illusory currency effect

A phenomenon where players are more likely to spend money on microtransactions when the purchases are made using in-game currency rather than akcual currencies. This effect occurs because players perceive in-game currency as less tangible, leading to a diminished sense of spending.

Developers capitalize on the illusory currency effect, knowing players are more willing to splurge on cosmetics and upgrades when they can use in-game coins instead of akcual currencies.

by Emotional Cruiser September 16, 2025

Bundy Effect

The Bundy effect is a psychological and social phenomenon in which an individual’s physical attractiveness, charm, or charisma distracts others from recognizing or acknowledging their dangerous, manipulative, or criminal behavior. Named after serial killer Ted Bundy, who notoriously used his good looks and persuasive demeanor to gain the trust of his victims and manipulate public perception, the Bundy effect highlights how people may underestimate or excuse harmful actions due to superficial traits.

“Despite multiple red flags in his behavior, the Bundy Effect was in full force—everyone was too charmed by his confidence and smile to see the manipulation underneath.”

by the random. May 11, 2025

Mandela effect

An event that happened to a lot of people like a whole generation. Where everyone remember one thing but it was never like that aka Remembering wrong. It doesn't seem to make sense though. Like as if a time loop or everyone is in a different universe. Often thought of to started in the 2010s as zoomers or gen Y were noticing that things are different now.

The Mandela effect of the black and blue or gold and white dress

by 459395 May 26, 2023

Bow effect

A case where in object shows, a character gets permanently killed off by something that would normally be recoverable in some form of a recovery center.

The term's name refers to Bow from Inanimate Insanity who was permanently killed off for something that could easily be revivable.

Micro suffered the Bow effect when he was killed in an explosion permanently.

by DefineKlashCash February 8, 2024

The Idiolect Effect

The occurrence of 2 or more people having a different definition of a word; mostly resulting in different understandings of the thing someone was trying to say

It was a big misunderstanding, perhaps The Idiolect Effect.

by KingMeer August 1, 2020