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
A phenomenon where there is an increase of a specific incident seemingly after a public figure goes viral for it.
"There seems to be a lot of attacks on comedians during their shows now-a-days, Dave Chappelle was just rushed on stage!"
"Talk about a Will Smith effect."
"Talk about a Will Smith effect."
by Amateur-txt May 05, 2022
The instance in which a handful of people - who individually are all very cool and attractive - get together and ultimately try to fornicate. The drama that ensues destroys the bonds of their friendships and even the bonds with those not involved. Their group can be considered cancerous.
by Cilarne March 01, 2016
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
by StarHogs January 04, 2025
The erroneous classification of a piece of media as "lost" when it is merely extant and unavailable on mainstream streaming platforms.
Many people online labelled a game as "lost media" even though it just wasn't available on Steam or Epic. You can just grab it from your local video game retailer. This is what's called the Hoodwinked Effect.
by AngellTangell January 14, 2025
A theoretical psychological phenomenon proposing that individuals, regardless of intelligence, moral awareness, or ethical education, are inherently predisposed to commit morally questionable or harmful acts under certain circumstances. The Priguna Effect suggests that intellectual capability does not inherently prevent ethical lapses, implying that the potential for wrongdoing is a universal human trait, not mitigated by rational thought alone.
"Despite his towering intellect and numerous accolades, the scandal reignited debate over the Priguna Effect—can brilliance ever truly insulate one from moral failure?"
by GreyPanda April 15, 2025
F chalk it all. F racha effect.
by dodley December 16, 2024