When something that you would’ve never even imagined could become possible becomes possible. Things that are statistically impossible, but happen anyway.
The chaparral effect is real, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I checked my security footage from my small business and saw someone defecating in front of my shop at five in the morning on a random Monday.
by TheLoaners April 21, 2025
Get the The Chaparral Effect mug.Dude, it’s the Shampoo effect. You’ve never heard of the shampoo effect.
No man, that’s not a thing. That’s the conditioner effect. You just made that up!
No man, that’s not a thing. That’s the conditioner effect. You just made that up!
by Caiman1 March 31, 2019
Get the Conditioner Effect mug.Da annoying dual-pitch "Beeeeeee-yuhhhhhhhh!" dat you hear when some dumba** motorist roars past you while engaging in an "extended honk". Okay, okay --- so maybe he's "just trying to be friendly" by saying hello to a familiar face by the roadside (you), but as gas-station attendant Dale says in the Red Green Show episode, "Hurricane Doug", it's far more cheerful/polite and less startling/grating on the eardrums to just briefly "tap the hooter" a couple times as you go by.
And incident of Doppler-effect horn-blowing can be even more annoying and emotionally draining (i.e., it can become a Droppler effect sometimes) if you either (1) do not recognize whoever it was who honked at you, and so you are left to wonder "who that might have been" and/or if he possibly mistook you for someone else while your back was turned, or (2) don't have a clue as to the driver's reason for honking at you, and so you are left to wonder what you might have been doing that caused him to either notice or be upset with you. Plus of course if there are one or more other people in your immediate vicinity at the time, you may even be unsure if said extended honk was actually "untended for you", or if the driver was noisily "addressing" someone else nearby --- or all of you in general --- instead of you personally.
by QuacksO July 20, 2019
Get the Doppler-effect horn-blowing mug.The tendency of kids who grew up playing a competitive sport and then retired in their teens to tryhard video games, have a good sense of momentum, timing, and intuitive controls, be prone to careers requiring more discipline, and being used to regiment/feeling lost without rigid schedules or structure.
"Hey, why is John so good at timing his jumps in Mario Kart 7?"
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
by Cry_onis September 5, 2021
Get the child athlete effect mug.When you lose your lane in league of legends but your team wins, or when your team loses their lane while winning your lane
by Blitztank May 28, 2025
Get the Duncy Effect mug.The Coach Ashley Effect is when Coach Ashley says she's going to do something but doesn't fucking do it.
"Coach Ashley Said she was going to schedule me to work a midshift tomorrow but somehow it didn't fucking happen, that's the Coach Ashley Effect in action"
by ThePublicker February 13, 2025
Get the Coach Ashley Effect mug.Apparently not as effective as I am at getting your cohorts to see reason and abandon you. Bwahahahahaha!
by Hym Iam March 11, 2023
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