Calvin and Hobbes effect

When you sit on the toilet for so long that your legs fall asleep, because you were distracted by reading. Originally caused by toilet-side Calvin and Hobbes and Far Side books, but has recently seen an explosion in incidence due to smartphones.

'My parents always thought I was ill when I was a kid on the toilet, but I was just distracted by transmogrifiers and Dobie-o-matics.'
-Doctor Oz, 'The Calvin and Hobbes Effect'

by AdmiralPercy November 5, 2016

The Asing Effect

When the Dunning-Kruger Effect is insufficient in describing the boundless depths of the sufferer's ineptitude.

Adam believes the Earth is flat and due to his raging case of the Asing Effect, he believes he can win any debate on the subject against field-leading astronomers. Don't be like Adam. It's ok to admit when you have no expertise or even knowledge of a subject.

by John Doe XXVI July 29, 2017

the content cop effect

When your bullshit cancer content grows out to such an extent that it comes up in Idubbbz's radar and your sub count starts to decline.

Oh shit Nigga you see the new Content Cop? Ricegum's losing subs like crazy.
Yeah that's the the content cop effect

by The coccmaster. October 3, 2017

Chester Bennington Effect

Public grief, memorial, and fondness to a person (usually a celebrity) for their good past memories, immediately after hearing recent news about the person's death—despite the same group of people having forgotten, hated, or otherwise disregarded the person immediately during the last period when he/she was still alive.

Billy: *Sad* Joe! Chester Bennington (singer of Linkin Park) and the Dad from Home Alone (John Heard) died just today. They were my childhood!
Joe: *Squinting with a smirk* Yeah, well, you never talked about John Heard before. I bet you never even knew his name until you saw that social media link. And just two days ago you said you hate Linkin Park's newest albums, and that the band sucks!
Billy: *Denying it* I never said that! What I really meant was...
Joe: Nevermind. It's the Chester Bennington Effect . Two days ago, everyone except for LP fans stopped talking about him or instead hated him. Only after he died was when people grieved about the loss of the singer of their previously-unspoken-about childhoods.

by Paul Stompbox December 29, 2018

The Lawrence Effect

The Lawrence Effect states that anyone named Lawrence, or affiliated names such as Larry, Lorenzo, Laurens, etc., will cause any person to instantly begin to like them. This relationship does not need to be a sexual one and disregards the amount of time known. This bond grows stronger over time.

Guy 1: Man I can't believe Lawrence just met that girl and she's all over him.
Guy 2: Yeah man it's The Lawrence Effect.

by RiceSun November 19, 2019

The Kari Byron Effect

The Kari Byron Effect refers to a woman who is attractive, but whose attractiveness is emphasized or exaggerated largely based on her being the only woman among a bunch of men (Jamie, Adam, Tory, Grant).

My only female co-worker seems hot, but it's probably just the Kari Byron Effect in action.

by MisterRay October 23, 2020

The fourloko effect

When you drink till you drop, but you don’t drop because you’re zooted off uppers, so you just drink and drink and drink, and possibly die, and drink, and then go missing for an hour, and drink,

“If you’re planning to blow through a whole bottle of Bacardi and an 8ball, invite more than 2 people so you don’t die from the fourloko effect”
“Adderal is not a party drug. Trust me, I got alcohol poisoning from the fourloko effect.”

by Lydchovie March 6, 2021