The tendency of kids who grew up playing a competitive sport and then retired in their teens to tryhard video games, have a good sense of momentum, timing, and intuitive controls, be prone to careers requiring more discipline, and being used to regiment/feeling lost without rigid schedules or structure.
"Hey, why is John so good at timing his jumps in Mario Kart 7?"
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
by Cry_onis September 5, 2021
Get the child athlete effectmug. a situation where someone (usually a minor or an adult that did not give consent) is caught by a predator and the victim gets banned while the predator is unharmed
by AdinbutimnotAdinimQuinn September 16, 2025
Get the The Schlep Effectmug. Apparently not as effective as I am at getting your cohorts to see reason and abandon you. Bwahahahahaha!
by Hym Iam March 11, 2023
Get the Effectivemug. Da annoying dual-pitch "Beeeeeee-yuhhhhhhhh!" dat you hear when some dumba** motorist roars past you while engaging in an "extended honk". Okay, okay --- so maybe he's "just trying to be friendly" by saying hello to a familiar face by the roadside (you), but as gas-station attendant Dale says in the Red Green Show episode, "Hurricane Doug", it's far more cheerful/polite and less startling/grating on the eardrums to just briefly "tap the hooter" a couple times as you go by.
And incident of Doppler-effect horn-blowing can be even more annoying and emotionally draining (i.e., it can become a Droppler effect sometimes) if you either (1) do not recognize whoever it was who honked at you, and so you are left to wonder "who that might have been" and/or if he possibly mistook you for someone else while your back was turned, or (2) don't have a clue as to the driver's reason for honking at you, and so you are left to wonder what you might have been doing that caused him to either notice or be upset with you. Plus of course if there are one or more other people in your immediate vicinity at the time, you may even be unsure if said extended honk was actually "untended for you", or if the driver was noisily "addressing" someone else nearby --- or all of you in general --- instead of you personally.
by QuacksO July 20, 2019
Get the Doppler-effect horn-blowingmug. phenomenon illustrating that those who don’t think they are pieces of shit are actually major pieces of shit but are too unaware to realize it.
by Atlantareelestate July 17, 2024
Get the Hagatha’s Cats Effectmug. by vexovic August 1, 2025
Get the vainistic effectmug. The Jackson Effect: When your social medias are based on similar interactions and you are unsure of the source you found said Jackson. This can lead to seeing a video or image on one source and calling of a Jackson aka a 'Fake Jackson' or a 'False Jackson' and may result in an endless Jackson loop if not rectified.
Davie: *Posts a video
Mitchell: Naw. No having that, JACKSON !
Davie: *Questions validity of the Jackson call
Davie: *Jackson spam
Eck: The Jackson Effect has kicked in
Mitchell: Naw. No having that, JACKSON !
Davie: *Questions validity of the Jackson call
Davie: *Jackson spam
Eck: The Jackson Effect has kicked in
by The Jackson Effect November 20, 2020
Get the Jackson Effectmug.