A character who appears for a short amount of time, yet leaves a great impact onto the story/characters.
by reposte12 August 07, 2023
When you’ve dealt with so many fuck boys named Ian, that you will swear to never date anyone named Ian again.
He’s really hot, but it’s The Ian Effect. I’m guessing we will just hook up - he’s not marriage material AT ALL.
by UKnowme08 January 11, 2019
When a heterosexual, cisgender male is incorporated into a gender-queer, queer, female friend group burdened with the patriarchal wrongdoings experience by the other members of the friend group despite not being associated with the male majority. For a man to fall under the displacement effect, he can only be incorporated into a singular group.
Andie (she/they): I hate men
Max (they/them): speak your truth Andie!
Matt (he/him): guys I'm right here
Andie (she/they): it's ok Matt, you're part of the displacement effect.
Max (they/them): speak your truth Andie!
Matt (he/him): guys I'm right here
Andie (she/they): it's ok Matt, you're part of the displacement effect.
by hetn’tsrise April 10, 2023
Named after Leopold Slikk or the Angry German Kid, is an effect where if you post something satirical on the Internet, people will perceive it as real without researching the backstory of said video.
by Trueno AE86 GT January 14, 2021
The Donlee effect is an effect where someone thinks off someone as like a dark broody person but really their just silly
by GandalfTheRightWing April 25, 2024
The Wilhelm Effect is an auditory illusion where the listener has difficulty recognizing the origin of a certain sound effect to truly be the original source after hearing it be sampled many times throughout other types of media. It is named after the Wilhelm Scream. which was used as a sound effect by movies and TV shows many times throughout history.
Person 1: Where exactly did the guy yelling "SHUT THE F*** UP!" come from?
Person 2: It comes from this clip of a Penn and Teller episode.
Person 1: I've heard this sound effect SO MANY TIMES to the point where the original feels edited.
Person 2: That sound effect is a good example of The Wilhelm Effect.
Person 2: It comes from this clip of a Penn and Teller episode.
Person 1: I've heard this sound effect SO MANY TIMES to the point where the original feels edited.
Person 2: That sound effect is a good example of The Wilhelm Effect.
by Milesium December 11, 2024
A term in professional wrestling coined by Adam Blampied from WhatCulture, used to describe how young star or a rising star's momentum is shut down by a returning veteran
by A Wrestling Guru April 19, 2019