Dan Quayle effect

Every loser will once be a winner.

You know, it’s the Dan Quayle effect. You know, he won the second time — I mean, lost the second time, he got to run.

by RudolphTheRock December 3, 2016

Ibad Effect

This conspiracy theory is when an individual learns about something and hears/sees it being used more often. Although this is an effect, it is actually a psychological effect.

Kayla : Learns the word "disown"
*Starts hearing the word 'disown' more*

OR
Jack : Hears a new song
*Starts hearing the song in places a lot more*

Those are examples of the 'Ibad Effect'

by BowSpammed November 22, 2023

Ferrari effect

The Ferrari effect is when a sports athlete moves to the most successful team, only to fail

Lewis Hamilton is the most recent driver to fall victim to the Ferrari effect. Having no podiums besides a sprint victory in China, struggling to cope with the teams incompetence.

by mesabuild November 18, 2025

Delahoya Effect

The phenomena when a really nice individual inspires undeserved hatred in some one. The hater typically can't pinpoint a reason for the hatred, but it resides nonetheless.

Jack is a really good dude, but he has the Delahoya effect on me. I hate him.

by truaninja March 21, 2017

The Late April Effect

The Late April Effect or The Lapril Effect is a word for occurrences between 20-30th April, it seems we get really sad news at this time a year. Many great people die between this time and also really bad events happens.

Short examples of one of the most memorable events between 20-30th April.

Deaths
Adolf Hitler 30th
Tim Bergling (Avicii) 20th
Verne Troyer 21th

Events
Columbine High School massacre 20th
Earthquake in Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites. 25th
2011 Super Outbreak, 360 tornadoes, $12.2 billion in damages. 324 deaths and 3,100+ injuries. 25-28th

Oh no here comes The Late April Effect..

The word is mainly used at the date between 20-30th of April.

by R1SK May 13, 2018

LankyBox Effect

An effect that if something popular gets posted to the internet (primarily YouTube), LankyBox will make a shitty reaction video to it and try to flood the fanbase with kids.

"The LankyBox effect ruined my fanbase"

by EDPsCupcake69420 August 30, 2025

The Kaz Effect

Whenever you break up with someone and they have a mental breakdown so severe that their personality goes through a complete change.

Skylar: “He’s experiencing the Kaz effect.”

Vic: “Yeah, he’s completely different now!”

by zgravekeeper October 14, 2023