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Perky effect

The Perky effect, in psychology, refers to the process by which visual mental imagery is thought to interefere with visual perception. For example, if a person is instructed to project by imagination a tomato or a banana on a while screen, an a faint image of a tomato or banana is projected, the person may not be able to tell the difference between the real image and that which was imagined. Cheves W. Perky did the pioneering research on this back in 1910. This is the first meaning of the Perky effect.

There is another meaning: the Perky effect is what happens when you go braless on a cold day.
Thomasina loved cold days because of the perky effect.
by eViL pOp TaRt October 20, 2010
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Effed

Nice way of saying: FUCKED.

I Effed You - IFY.
I Effed You - IFY. http://ieffedyou.com
by BJ696969 April 18, 2009
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freak cock effect

When they see the big D and freak out. This is the effect caused by seeing a very large penis, which usually causes the viewer's jaw to drop. This is most often seen with women on webcams, but also happens often at college parties. Freak cock effect has been the main source of many men getting laid. The one downside of a freak cock is that it is difficult for extremely well-endowed men to maintain stable personal relationships and receive gratifying oral sex.
Benny: Jim just came in and tore the club up! He was trotting around asking girls if they wanted to catch a glimpse of his hot dog on a stick. How did he get them to fall for it? Steve: Well, my son, that's the power of the freak cock effect. Few women can truly handle its hypnotic effects.
by Eric Kazinsky May 30, 2014
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chinese whisper effect

When gossip or a story is being passed around, being told to one person, who retells it to another, and with each re-telling the story is changed slightly, until by the last re-telling it has changed almost beyond recognition of the original story.
Guy 1: Dude, John just told me about that girl and the guy from down the hall having sex in the closet!
Guy 2: No dude that never happened! He just grabbed her boob accidentally outside of the closet. That's a serious chinese whisper effect!
by IBegToDiffer June 30, 2007
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the screw you effect

A psychological term. When a participant is in an experiment you may not get accurate results because they are aware of the experiment and in turn go out of their way to do everything wrong or go against everything u ask them to.
scientist 1 "this guy is doing everything wrong"
scientist 2 "ah a classic case of the screw you effect"
by HellsMajesty December 3, 2007
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Rebecca Black effect

Becoming famous through people making fun of your terrible material. Refers to the the awful song and music video "Friday" by Rebecca Black that went viral in March of 2011
His music is awful! He's only famous because of the Rebecca Black effect
by Cloudchaser Sakonige April 8, 2011
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effentlemen

A term used to describe attractive straight men with effeminate behaviour. It is more their pastimes than their physicality that is typically feminine.
Harry's a dancer and Sean writes poetry! They're SUCH effentlemen!
by effentlemen May 15, 2010
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