The Hammot Effect

The Hammot Effect: When something or someone makes you doubt what you believed was the truth (usually when you were right).

John picked "A" three times in a row on his quiz. Dan says the he is under the HAMMOT EFFECT.

by anonymous December 9, 2020

Rogan effect

When someone feigns ignorance and open mindedness to avoid responsibility for promoting misinformation; may also include self-deprecation. The opposite of Dunning-Kruger effect. See also: Tucker Carlson effect.

Hey, I’m just asking questions; that's the Rogan effect.

by mondain February 13, 2022

miku effect

the Miku effect is where you come to love her robotic voice so much that you figure out how to make it yourself. (btw I have it) my fav Miku meme is: OoOhH PiPe BoMb- I wOnDeR wHaT hApPeNs If I- *touches bomb* AaAAaAAHahaHAA----

omg bro Miku's song is sooo cool *starts singing in miku voice* other dude: OH SHI- YOU HAVE MIKU EFFECT
first dude: huh?

by not Shylilly or filian April 10, 2024

the basketball diary effect

When something is recommended to you repeatedly, so much so that it puts you off said thing forever.

Man, I never ended up watching that movie due to the basketball diary effect - it was recommended to me so many times, I just started rewatching Party of Five.

by martypartyparty April 26, 2021

Zeigarnik effect

In psychology, the Zeigarnik effect (named after Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik) postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to demonstrate the general presence of Gestalt phenomena: not just appearing as perceptual effects, but also present in cognition.

The Zeigarnik effect should not be confused with the Ovsiankina effect, an urge to complete tasks previously initiated. Maria Ovsiankina, a colleague of Zeigarnik, investigated the effect of task interruption on the tendency to resume the task at the next opportunity.

I can't stop thinking about that unfinished novel; it's like the Zeigarnik effect is haunting me, making it impossible to focus on anything else until I get back to it.

by Emotional Cruiser November 4, 2025

the pool effect

Where someone is talking about a topic, and another person slowly slides their way into the conversation, but doesn't jump in fully, eventually full sending and jumping in, kind of like how some people hesitate to fully enter a pool.

I've recently learned about the pool effect, and I think it relates to me.

by The Japorean Government February 22, 2024

Ackman Effect

when your intense public criticism of someone blows back on your spouse, causing the top 100 search results for your spouse's name to be about something bad they did

Neri Oxman is a victim of the Ackman Effect.

by Sly11010110 January 15, 2024