The Emergency Date Effect, or EDE for short, is defined as the moment when a person in a school or similar institute has no date for a social event, such as Prom or Homecoming, so asks out someone who is of a lower social standing of theirs or who they know already has some form a crush on them as an insurance policy.
Guy 1: “Hey, did you hear Tom managed to get a date with Maria?”
Guy 2: “Yeah, but I heard she had no other options. They’re only going out because of the Emergency Date Effect”
Guy 2: “Yeah, but I heard she had no other options. They’re only going out because of the Emergency Date Effect”
by IHateMyLife69420666 November 9, 2019
Get the Emergency Date Effectmug. A guy that acts gay, but no one knows if they actually are or not. Usually a guy that was raised with just sisters.
by nailshurt September 30, 2023
Get the Dane Steber Effectmug. The effect of a larger entity appealing more towards external entities with more resources rather than their own entities.
It is named after the continuous double standards set in East Asian countries like China, Japan, and South Korea on Western tourists, giving them a false rrality that many citizens dream to have. A big example are then amount of people wanting to work in Japan despite its hellish working conditions because of the false vision being given to them. This can also be seen on corporations appealing to a small handful of investors, resulting in them alienating their wider target audience
It is named after the continuous double standards set in East Asian countries like China, Japan, and South Korea on Western tourists, giving them a false rrality that many citizens dream to have. A big example are then amount of people wanting to work in Japan despite its hellish working conditions because of the false vision being given to them. This can also be seen on corporations appealing to a small handful of investors, resulting in them alienating their wider target audience
Korean guy looking at twitter: Why are so many westerners trying to subject themselves to our hellish life?
Another Korean guy who has been on twitter for a long time: It's the East Asia Effect
Another Korean guy who has been on twitter for a long time: It's the East Asia Effect
by Hoahobecth June 18, 2024
Get the The East Asia effectmug. by yaki__01 June 21, 2023
Get the Fazcore Effectmug. A more extreme version of the Streisand Effect, the Tunison Effect occurs when someone is so self unaware as to not realize their constant whining about a very ignorable problem only calls further attention to the problem.
Mike’s incessant whining about something that happened a decade ago and everyone else has forgotten about only creates a bigger Tunison Effect.
by AJDAULERIO October 30, 2022
Get the Tunison Effectmug. When you are dumb af and cant remember the correct word for placebo effect so you instead say placenta effect
A: hey guys do u remember that coffeine pill you gave me ?
B : ye
A: and I thought it was an ecstasy lol that placenta effect was strong af
B: placenta effect ?
A: thats how its called right ?
B : *commits suicide*
B : ye
A: and I thought it was an ecstasy lol that placenta effect was strong af
B: placenta effect ?
A: thats how its called right ?
B : *commits suicide*
by wotafq August 3, 2017
Get the placenta effectmug. The phenomenon where attempts by outsiders (often older generations, authority figures, or brands) to adopt the language, style, or trends of youth culture are perceived by the in-group as forced, inauthentic, and cringeworthy.
You see that new Geico commercial that used the word Skibidi? That was some Fellow Kids effect shit right there.
by doozythedoctor October 3, 2025
Get the Fellow Kids Effectmug.