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 10, 2024
Get the The Wilhelm Effect mug.In the novel of Simone de Beauvoir, Fosca is a man who is the only one who cannot die. However, he becomes unhappy because all his friends die and leave him. The Fosca effect is therefore the feeling of an old person when he or she outlives their friends and the other people around them also disappear. It is a mixture of melancholy, pride and the guilt of still being alive.
Why is your father so sad? It's the Fosca effect, another one of his school friends has died.
I really must write my memoirs. It's probably the Fosca effect: if I don't do it, who else will?
The Fosca effect is quite natural when you get very old.
I really must write my memoirs. It's probably the Fosca effect: if I don't do it, who else will?
The Fosca effect is quite natural when you get very old.
by ThePhysopher June 16, 2025
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Based on the old Poptart advertising of "So hot, it's cool. So cool it's hot".
Based on the old Poptart advertising of "So hot, it's cool. So cool it's hot".
by Rear Naked Woke December 17, 2018
Get the Poptart Effect mug.Referred to as when an overly aggressive ADC player in League of Legends changes a passive support player so much that he/she can never go back to their old playstyle again.
Lukez is famously an overly aggressive Draven main in League of Legends that traumatizes his supports by forcing them to follow up on his coke plays.
Lukez is famously an overly aggressive Draven main in League of Legends that traumatizes his supports by forcing them to follow up on his coke plays.
I can't stand passive adc's anymore, they never go in when the opportunity arises and it's really tilting. I think I might be suffering from the Lukez effect.
by eyalukez May 11, 2020
Get the The Lukez Effect mug.The ROBLOX Effect is a situation where a person of ROBLOX, typically a developer, gains mass attention to their experience, causing the developer(s)/person(s) involved to be attracted or gain interaction with minors. The said attraction to minors is almost always sexual attraction. This is the ROBLOX effect, (also called Pedophilia).
ROBLOX Developer: "Wow.. my game just hit 100 million visits!"
Person on Discord: "Another ROBLOX dev suffering from the ROBLOX effect.."
*Proceeds to reveal haunting dialogue that the ROBLOX developer said to a minor*
Person on Discord: "Another ROBLOX dev suffering from the ROBLOX effect.."
*Proceeds to reveal haunting dialogue that the ROBLOX developer said to a minor*
by SirBlameson October 30, 2023
Get the The ROBLOX Effect mug.“The Chrell Effect” is the phenomenon of a user losing magnitudes of MMR points in rocket league when playing with user ‘chrelleren’ or an associated account.
Usually due to unintentional throwing by user ‘chrelleren’, the user starts to rapidly lose MMR points within the first hour of playing, before falling into the trap of continued queueing.
The chrell effect has had a drastic effect on the future of many rocket league players.
Usually due to unintentional throwing by user ‘chrelleren’, the user starts to rapidly lose MMR points within the first hour of playing, before falling into the trap of continued queueing.
The chrell effect has had a drastic effect on the future of many rocket league players.
“Hey man, how is it in your GC lobbies?” “Oh actually I’m not GC anymore, I fell to diamond” “no way, how did you lose over 200 MMR?” “The Chrell Effect”.
by Rocket league player! January 27, 2023
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Guy 2: “Oh really? That’s so cool!”
Guy 3: “No he’s just messing with you, it’s called the Aughstenhass effect.”
Guy 2: “What’s that?”
Guy 3: “it’s the effect that states if you use a big enough word anyone will believe you”
Guy 2: “Oh really? That’s so cool!”
Guy 3: “No he’s just messing with you, it’s called the Aughstenhass effect.”
Guy 2: “What’s that?”
Guy 3: “it’s the effect that states if you use a big enough word anyone will believe you”
by zanefromband November 13, 2020
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