The Oki Effect

When waiting for something, asking about when it'll be done or finished, only increases the amount of time you must wait for it.

While asking about the playtest, the players were unaware they were making The Oki Effect creep forward slowly.

by Ch00gie April 14, 2022

Akbar Effect

Being extremely horny, especially around close friends of the same gender.

Usually happens over a wide time frame.

Highly contagious.

Bro, Oliver has the Akbar Effect now! I heard he wants to bang Caleb.

by The Aspect of the Soup December 11, 2022

boof effect

when the previously dismissed or unrecognized female best friend in a movie becomes the object of the protagonist's affection, usually replacing the more conventionally attractive female character.

See, Teen Wolf: Boof, for boof effect

by eb226 August 17, 2011

Ed Effect

A situation in which a seemingly normal or routine event either works in an unexpected way or not at all. Rarely reproducible, the phenomenon is as fleeting as it is confusing.

The computer crashed every Tuesday morning due to Ed Effect.

by Ed's Coworker April 1, 2007

the lifehacker effect

It means having too much traffic on a web site due to its link being posted on lifehacker.com as a feature article, sometimes even causing the featured web site to go down.

I just visited the site, but it seems the lifehacker effect took off again!

by mish1234568 March 14, 2009

The Disney Effect

The act of making a bad/horrendous/cop-out-of-a-sequel or prequel to an originally good movie.

Dave: Dude, I heard they were making a sequel to Boondock Saints.

Steve: I hope they don't apply the Disney effect to it.

by Ryanson April 27, 2007

The Musleh effect

The process of making fun of somebody so much that you can't look at them without bursting out in laughter.

Person1: "I can't look at Andy any more without laughing."

person2: "You must be suffering from the Musleh effect."

by Haitham Darghouth January 3, 2019