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Lighthouse Effect

Being so tall that people look up to you and naturally gravitate towards you.
I wonder why everyone likes David?”
“Oh, it’s just the Lighthouse Effect.”
by StopSexualizingBoats April 1, 2023
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Will Smith Effect

The Will Smith Effect is when you over react to something minor and that minor thing blows up into something bigger.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage of the Oscars 2022 for a joke about Jada’s alopecia, started a new phenomenon known as the Will Smith Effect.
by Chaos Monger March 29, 2022
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The Spring Break Effect

(n.) an unspecified period of time before spring break during which a student (or faculty member) loses the ability to accurately perceive the passage of time.

Dr. Richard Block identified a framework of four interrelated factors that affect this perception: (1) characteristics of the time experiencer, (2) time-related behaviors and judgments, (3) contents of a time period, and (4) activities during a time period.

The Spring Break Effect will cause noticeable changes in everyday life. For example, students will likely experience feelings of acedia (mental sloth, apathy, indifference, boredom) or exhaustion caused by sleep deprivation. Days will run together to the point where they are distinguished only by the assignments or exams scheduled. Most of an individual's "productive" time will be spent on academic tasks that will range between mindless and tedious. (If a suffer is subjected to these conditions for extended periods of time, particularly when tasks are mindlessly tedious, it is recommended that they consult a mental health professional.) Finally, those affected will spend increased and possibly unhealthy amounts of time on social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest, if the subject is female).
Person A: "How is it only Tuesday?"
Person B: "I don't know. It feels like Friday."
Person C: "Dude, you're experiencing the Spring Break Effect."
Person A: "Is that fatal?"
Person C: "No, but staying awake for 72 hours might."
Person B: "Shit."
by Layla Clinch June 17, 2012
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Hoodwinked Effect

The mindset among people who have abandoned physical media in favor of streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video, where if a movie is not on any streaming services and is inaccessible outside dvds or piracy, it might as well be lost media. Named after the 2005 film Hoodwinked! which has been called Lost Media by users on Twitter
That movie isn't lost media, I have it on DVD! Oh well, another case of the Hoodwinked Effect
by StarHogs January 4, 2025
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demi effect

smoking once & being high for a week
trending got the demi effect bro
by nesquickyyyy December 1, 2019
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The Ramzi Effect

Something used to describe a behavior of being extremely indecisive with career paths.
I was accepted to an amazing program with a full scholarship, but still don’t know if I should apply to less paying boring jobs instead. I guess I’m experiencing the ramzi effect.
by LilRWords April 25, 2019
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The Snoon Effect

When your two dumbest friends are in the same place at the same time.
Nathan: "Steve and John are going to be at the party tomorrow."

Jim: "Oh fuck."

Nathan: "What?"

Jim: "The Snoon Effect..."

Nathan: "Oh fuck."
by Steven Smiff June 16, 2018
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