The Green Hill Effect

When a piece of media uses a part of their past (an era, setting, etc) in order to gain more positive reactions from its fan-base through nostalgia and familiarity. This reaction stays until the novelty wears off & the fans gets tired of it.

"Billie Piper is the new Doctor Who!"
"Oh my god, when will they stop bringing back old characters? This is just The Green Hill Effect happening again!"

by tha_drug June 3, 2025

Christopher Columbus Effect

(noun)

1. When a player’s enjoyment of a survival or exploration game is ruined because someone else discovered or built something first. It’s not about competition—it’s about the emotional need to feel like the first to explore it themselves.

“Bro, I wanted to find that cave myself—total Christopher Columbus Effect.”

by TheBigAhh June 8, 2025

Miriam Effect

When someone from outside a community discusses with someone from inside a community regarding said community but they recall the info from a famous person (I.e. philosopher, influencer, etc). Named after Orthodox Jewish influencer Miriam Malnik-Ezagui.

Shlomo: So you see….on Shabbos–
Mahmoud: Say no more I learned all about it from Miriam.
Shlomo: Ahhh the Miriam effect……

by thenabster126 June 10, 2025

GumW effect

the processing of transitioning from male to female and getting a random burst of freakiness

fnlp: flowkool lowkey has the "gumw effect"
merffin: i like kids

by Finleap June 12, 2025

The Khloe Effect

It’s when a lover or friend is leaving for hours on end without a reply and then acting clueless

My girlfriend is giving me the Khloe effect

by MrCharcole June 12, 2025

Mandela effect

When you think you are supposed to flip someone off with your thumb but you are not.

"You're flipping them off wrong"
"NO! that's the Mandela effect in action

by Eggsoup June 30, 2023

The Kristian Effect

The Kristian metaphor relates to someone whose reputation (usually lies spread by ex fuck boys) is that of a harlot, and one with an IQ lower than that of Forrest Gump, but is in fact not a harlot and quite intelligent; far more than the average fuck boy believes. Often simple projection but on a larger scale.

"Everyone thinks I'm a dumb slut, but usually the guys I date and it's always THEM who cheat and quite frankly, are as slow as a Windows 98 with 2k songs downloaded by Napster. Why does the Kristian Effect have to curse ME?!?!"

by Flopstar89 July 2, 2023