The daylight effect

When working third shift, while it's dark outside you are tired and fatigued either due to lack of sleep, or exhaustion but when morning light appears (daylight) You are suddenly full of energy and awake like you haven't worked 12 hours shift

Me: "dude, I'm so eepy but I can't eep because of the stupid daylight effect
Them: What's the daylight effect?

Me: oh it's where I can't sleep because my brain thinks that the sun being out means my day is just starting when it's supposed to be ending

by El-dawg February 27, 2025

Bouteflika Effect

When an Algerian president is clearly too sick to show up in public, but every talking head on TV suddenly becomes a medical expert insisting he’s the picture of health and leadership. Basically, a synchronized national boot-licking exercise to keep their cushy jobs.

"Hey, where’s Tebboune? Didn’t he vanish after that El-Harrach mess? Heard he’s chilling in a German hospital."

"Classic Bouteflika Effect—nothing says ‘fit to rule’ like vanishing during a national disaster, gotta love it!"

by Lynda_Joy August 29, 2025

The Hbox Effect

When you do really well at something in practice (like beating top players in Super Smash Bros. Melee), but fail to do it when it matters the most (like when you finally fight that top player in bracket)

Meleegamer123: "I beat Hungrybox on slippi! I'm so good at melee"
Meleegamer456: "No you aren't dude, that's just The Hbox Effect"

by Existance494 February 19, 2024

Ibad Effect

This conspiracy theory is when an individual learns about something and hears/sees it being used more often. Although this is an effect, it is actually a psychological effect.

Kayla : Learns the word "disown"
*Starts hearing the word 'disown' more*

OR
Jack : Hears a new song
*Starts hearing the song in places a lot more*

Those are examples of the 'Ibad Effect'

by BowSpammed November 22, 2023

Delahoya Effect

The phenomena when a really nice individual inspires undeserved hatred in some one. The hater typically can't pinpoint a reason for the hatred, but it resides nonetheless.

Jack is a really good dude, but he has the Delahoya effect on me. I hate him.

by truaninja March 21, 2017

Lovitz-Gillis Effect

A conversational phenomenon in which the introduction of a second individual during a discussion about a first person leads to confusion, typically because one participant continues to assume that the subject of conversation remains the initial individual

Referencing comedians Shane Gillis and Jon Lovitz.

During the meeting, Sarah was discussing James's performance, but when she abruptly mentioned Daniel without clearly indicating a shift in subject, Michael, exhibiting the Lovitz-Gillis Effect, remained under the impression that she was still referring to James

by phantapants July 20, 2025

The Late April Effect

The Late April Effect or The Lapril Effect is a word for occurrences between 20-30th April, it seems we get really sad news at this time a year. Many great people die between this time and also really bad events happens.

Short examples of one of the most memorable events between 20-30th April.

Deaths
Adolf Hitler 30th
Tim Bergling (Avicii) 20th
Verne Troyer 21th

Events
Columbine High School massacre 20th
Earthquake in Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites. 25th
2011 Super Outbreak, 360 tornadoes, $12.2 billion in damages. 324 deaths and 3,100+ injuries. 25-28th

Oh no here comes The Late April Effect..

The word is mainly used at the date between 20-30th of April.

by R1SK May 13, 2018