When a game is not going well for one team but a late substitution drastically improves the performance of that team (based on vibes alone). Based on the Euros 2024 England-Slovakia round-of-16 game - Ivan Toney came on for England at the last minute when England were losing to Slovakia. England went on to score two goals, progressing to the quarter finals.
by alfafan159 June 30, 2024
Get the Ivan Toney Effect mug.Reference to the sensations that Sancho Panza (most loyal friend of Quixote) has once Quixote dies and a long-lasting adventure comes to an end.
"The feeling of attachment that a fictional world makes upon a person due to the immersion and comfortable ambiance that creates, blurring the line between fiction and reality and creating a feeling of nostalgia."
"The feeling of attachment that a fictional world makes upon a person due to the immersion and comfortable ambiance that creates, blurring the line between fiction and reality and creating a feeling of nostalgia."
"The quixote-effect made me want to become a drug-kingpin after watching Breaking Bad."
"I still cry when I watch The Truman Show because of the quixote-effect, it made me escape from my suffering in a lonesome period of my life."
"I cannot see a golden ring without thinking of The Lord of the Rings, I always wanted to become a hobbit... Damn you, quixote-effect!"
"I still cry when I watch The Truman Show because of the quixote-effect, it made me escape from my suffering in a lonesome period of my life."
"I cannot see a golden ring without thinking of The Lord of the Rings, I always wanted to become a hobbit... Damn you, quixote-effect!"
by Wrigamer June 1, 2025
Get the quixote-effect mug.a poltical termonology for the effect in American politics where once a canadaite wins a close primary, they are in a weaker position then if they won by a larger amount. the word Oz effect refers to celebrity doctor mehmet Oz winning the Pennsylvania republican primary for senate by lesss then 1000 votes in a primary where nearly 1.4 million votes where cast. This election was not resolved until nearly 3 week after the election leaving oz badly damaged for the general election.
"Jamie Mcleod-Skinner is suffering from a Oz effect where she got out of a really close primary"
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by kingllama September 28, 2022
Get the Oz effect mug.The effect in which a generally unpopular public figure disagrees with an idea. Thus detractors of said figure then start supporting or looking into the idea. Essentially someone who you think is so backwards to your own way of thinking, that anything they oppose, you will likely align with.
The petition would of never passed 1 million signatures if PirateSoftware didn't criticize it. Everyone thinks he's so stupid that the petition must be a noble cause! "The PirateSoftware effect" has been born
by SwagDaddy_69 July 5, 2025
Get the The PirateSoftware Effect mug.The bleached-butthole effect —
1. when a shocking, extreme and uncommon subject seems to be more prevalent and relevant than in actuality and receives disproportionate attention in public discourse, to the expense of normal but often critically important subjects
2. when some butthead exploits the bleached-butthole effect for profit, distracting our collective attention away from more relevant and important things, just so butthead and co. can make a buck
3. when the fourth estate promotes this drama, as they're in the business of keeping our attention, and distractions and theatrics are an effective means of doing so
1. when a shocking, extreme and uncommon subject seems to be more prevalent and relevant than in actuality and receives disproportionate attention in public discourse, to the expense of normal but often critically important subjects
2. when some butthead exploits the bleached-butthole effect for profit, distracting our collective attention away from more relevant and important things, just so butthead and co. can make a buck
3. when the fourth estate promotes this drama, as they're in the business of keeping our attention, and distractions and theatrics are an effective means of doing so
He shamelessly exploited the bleached-butthole effect until he had dominated the collective attention span of the entire world for weeks on end.
by tykomaki February 20, 2022
Get the bleached-butthole effect mug.When you eat something a second time and it is no where near as good as the first time you tried it.
Billy: Why does food never taste as good as the first time you ever tried it, the second time is always worse!
Jim: Well that’s an easy answer, it’s called the baconater effect; the second time is always worse. The first time I tried a baconator, orgasmic, the second time, mediocre at best… and thus you have the baconator effect.
Jim: Well that’s an easy answer, it’s called the baconater effect; the second time is always worse. The first time I tried a baconator, orgasmic, the second time, mediocre at best… and thus you have the baconator effect.
by DOM1NAT3R July 26, 2023
Get the Baconator effect mug.Named after Walter Bloomberg, a person on X/Twitter who tweeted false information on trump’s pause on tariffs. An effect that happens when the market briefly spikes after investors hear false information about something.
The first instance of the Bloomberg effect happened on April 7th, 2025 when an account by the name of “Walter Bloomberg” tweeted unverified information that trump would put a 90 day pause on tariffs with the exception of china. This caused Dow, NASDAQ, &, S&P 500’s stocks to briefly spikes after investors heard the news.
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