The Playground Effect

When you were a little kid and you wanted to play on one of the elements of a public playground however some other kid was already using it. Therefore in order to drive the other child off of that component of the playground without outwardly saying something, you would stand there next to them and wait until they felt awkward enough to leave. After they left you could enjoy that slide or swing until someone else came along and decided to playground effect you!

We noticed that both volleyball courts were occupied, so we decided to use the playground effect so that the occupants would eventually stray away.

by Andy Chalor April 21, 2020

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

Domino's Effect

The awkward stomach and bowel movements the day after eating a Domino's pizza.

"Tim are you okay?"
"No, I've had the trots this morning after last night's pizza"
"Oh, that's the Domino's Effect"

by K-Dogg 81 July 18, 2018

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

Sudharshan Effect

The horrible cycle of a song getting stuck in your head because one ******* thinks its ok to play it 24/7.

You alright man?

Nah, Dave used the Sudharshan effect on me, and now Ke$ha won't stop playing.

by jo_cro April 19, 2010