Often used as a sales term to describe how to motivate a potential buyer to buy based on what other people are doing. Also referred to as "Keeping up with the Jones's."
Salesperson: "I just came from Mr. Jones and he liked my product so much he bought three." This is an example of the Jones Effect.
by jay-b-c May 18, 2009
Get the jones effectmug. by spike l April 12, 2008
Get the Mass Effectmug. To be the one that dies behind a teammate when that teammate should be the one to die in a video game.
While playing a video game, the player dies even though his teammates should have died first due to being the one that the enemy is targeting or should have targeted first. This effect occurs when one is unlucky enough to die first or be the only one to die when his friends/teammates should have been the one to die due to being in front of him/her.
While playing a video game, the player dies even though his teammates should have died first due to being the one that the enemy is targeting or should have targeted first. This effect occurs when one is unlucky enough to die first or be the only one to die when his friends/teammates should have been the one to die due to being in front of him/her.
Example:
* 2 Players enter a room and the enemy kills the second player but not the first *
Brandon: How did I die and you lived when I entered the room second?!?!
Tristan: LOL, that's the Chen Effect for you.
* 2 Players enter a room and the enemy kills the second player but not the first *
Brandon: How did I die and you lived when I entered the room second?!?!
Tristan: LOL, that's the Chen Effect for you.
by EpicPants May 29, 2021
Get the The Chen Effectmug. The exponential viewership growth one receives after spending a weekend with a group of degenerate streamers called OTK.
by MizkifIsFat October 19, 2021
Get the OTK Effectmug. Zach used the Manduka effect so his band teacher would not want him back next year, See the reverse Manduka effect
by suckmynine December 27, 2009
Get the the Manduka effectmug. A tendency of poor attempts at satire to backfire, inadvertently creating characters or symbols which people, often including the targets of the satirical work, find genuinely relatable or admirable.
by JohnnyRicoFromBuenosAires March 17, 2021
Get the Verhoeven Effectmug. when someone’s overall vibe/presence seems intimidating at first but then you meet them in person and they’re smol
I met my professor in real life the other day and was so nervous but it was just the joselle effect and she’s actually really tiny
by beeeepboop23 April 6, 2022
Get the joselle effectmug.