Tinder effect

When you see someone else on tinder and you can’t help but get on tinder yourself.

The tinder effect hit Jim when he saw John swiping and decided to start swiping himself.

by G BARRS May 9, 2018

loona effect

The conditioned aversion towards a thing due to the annoying followers.

Comes from the kpop girl group Loona, whose fanbase made it their mission to spread the word "Stan Loona" on each and every unrelated topic, ironic or not, thus annoying a lot of people who in response refused to even acknowledge the group itself.

1: man, everyone keeps talking about Game of Thrones. It's started to annoy me so much, I'll never want to watch it.
2: same fam, got the worst Loona effect.

by PiggyStardust April 9, 2019

pre-COVID dream effect

The effect where pre-COVID era felt like a mere dream (or a trailer for our current life), as we're now 4 years into post-COVID era (as of 2026)

Ever since the pandemic, my memories from before COVID-19 pandemic feel like a distant memory, almost like a dream; I guess I’m experiencing that pre-COVID dream effect.

by Emotional Cruiser November 3, 2025

Miyu effect

An unexpected, massive explosion in popularity for a creator who only recently began their career. Named after the YouTube's "Miyu tells tales" who experienced the same phenomenon.

"Did you see the new ARG channel that blew up recently? They only have 2 videos but they're somehow at 100k subscribers."
"Isn't there a term for that? " the Miyu effect" I believe. "

by Random_dude59 May 19, 2025

The John Stamos Proximity Effect

The relative coolness of a person or object is defined by a value inversely proportional to the square of the distance of said object or person from John Stamos.

Bob Saget is only cool because of the John Stamos Proximity Effect after he was on Full House

by Armacham85 October 30, 2010

Kaiden Effect

The Kaiden Effect is when 2 people become friends and one friend becomes obsessed with the other friend and then don’t hangout with anyone else.

Friend 1: “Can we please hangout”
Friend 2: “No i’m hanging out with kaiden”
Friend 1: “Ugh you have the ‘Kaiden effect’ “
Friend 2: “ OH NO IM OBSESSED”

by theunderground1739 June 24, 2025

The Stevie Effect

To ruin someone's sexuality and whole way of life.

Henry really had the Stevie Effect on his last bird.

by Gulag hermit April 26, 2020