The Urban Name Effect

The strange experience of finding your relatively uncommon name in the Urban Dictionary with a very specific definition that seems to relate to your life. A modern-day horoscope of sorts, finding your name on Urban Dictionary and thinking "haha yeah that's me," then considering if the entry could have actually been made for you. A form of cognitive bias in the digital age... or is it?

Alano: Hey, look at this entry in the Urban Dictionary. I wonder if it's actually about me!
Friend: No way, there are probably tons of other Alanos. You're just getting hit by The Urban Name Effect.
Alano: I can't believe my name's also used as a euphemism for Alcoholics Anonymous, damn it.

by CkajLanoa January 22, 2021

Madeline Effect

The effect of someone being so mind bogglingly mental that just being around them lowers your IQ

dude, you're dropping my IQ just by talking to me, dang Madeline Effect.

by jeneliezr August 15, 2025

The Germ Effect

When trying to call attention to the flaws of an opponent only to have your own flaws "outed" as a result of personal digging. Similar to the Streisand Effect in the legal community, the Germ Effect calls attention to yourself in an unwanted and unanticipated fashion. The phrase is derived from the great "2011 Yahoo Fantasy Football thread between 'Coach Germ' and 'Teddy Ruxpin.'"

Coach Germ tried to give me shit me for my 17th round pick, but upon taking a look at his team, his antics had "The Germ Effect" when it was discovered that he has 3 #4 wide receivers and 3 running backs who are time-shares.

by Chubby Ruxpin September 8, 2011

Munro Effect

When someone is being a Munro

The whole teams doing bad, must be the Munro effect!

by anonymous November 11, 2020

The Peter Effect

An effect in which emotions and actions are intensified during an event due to Peter Delaney; Peter does not have to be present for the Peter Effect to be in issue

- “Last night was crazy, everyone stripped naked and started peeing all over Ethan!”

- “That’s clearly the Peter Effectin full action”

by Peter Delaney June 27, 2022

Cheikh effect

The mental force pressed against someone to do something stupid although its obvious

I can feel the Cheikh effect on me

by danidude March 13, 2023

Gaster Effect

The Gaster Effect (Undertale term) is when a person mistakenly links anything slightly mysterious, or anything slightly resembling Gaster (leitmotifs, font or face) relating to Undertale or Deltarune, to the character W.D. Gaster, even if it is very hard. This is usually because Gaster is very mysterious and of a certain significance to said games' lore. In most cases, relating things to Gaster is not appropriate for the situation and/or possibly misleading.

A: Woah that new Deltarune song has Gaster's Theme playing at 0:44! If you listen to the piano...
B: Those are just arpeggios. You've got the Gaster Effect

by Stratollera April 15, 2024